Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Luisingi gram panchayat

Luisingi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 32 villages, home to 3,520 people in 839 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 32
Population (2011): 3,520
Literacy: 37.7%
Area: 42.6 km²
LGD code: 118967

Villages of Luisingi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Raigara	94	394	37.2%	28%	58%
Kumalsingi	95	371	46.6%	7%	67%
Shradimunda	76	300	43.7%	43%	37%
Luising	67	279	64.7%	20%	52%
Lathikupa	52	201	28.8%	0%	73%
Taladanganama	41	180	33.3%	1%	87%
Apabiru	37	172	43.8%	4%	77%
Kadampanga	31	153	33.3%	0%	10%
Upardangnama	37	149	39.2%	0%	100%
Supula	35	147	22.9%	18%	79%
Rangapadar	36	135	29.7%	0%	89%
Kanjamai	26	125	55.3%	13%	62%
Kumbhaharu	21	120	9.5%	0%	95%
Bradigura	33	108	25.3%	0%	76%
Bhatuli	26	92	44.3%	0%	100%
Katamaska	23	90	20.3%	0%	100%
Dumerigata	11	67	13.2%	0%	100%
Gumaldani	14	63	6.7%	10%	89%
Tadikala	9	53	33.3%	0%	100%
Daliapada	10	44	6.1%	0%	98%
Gandrama	10	40	37.5%	0%	100%
Karapanga	10	37	20.7%	0%	0%
Suthani	7	37	44.4%	0%	51%
Malakera	8	36	57.6%	0%	100%
Kadipanga	7	31	52.4%	0%	100%
Kutukudi	6	27	47.6%	4%	96%
Takabari	8	25	21.1%	52%	48%
Petari	4	19	50.0%	0%	100%
Kusori	3	13	25.0%	0%	100%
Mkudipadar	2	12	37.5%	0%	100%
Kangasaru	0	0	–	–	–
Nakudisuga	0	0	–	–	–

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Luisingi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,520; 1,726 male · 1,794 female
Households: 839; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 37.7%; below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,039; below Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 668; 19.0% of residents
Workers: 1,862; 52.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 393 (11.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,452 (69.7%)

What the 1,862 workers did

Cultivators350 (18.8%)
Agricultural labourers66 (3.5%)
Household industry1 (0.1%)
Other work262 (14.1%)
Marginal workers1,183 (63.5%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Luisingi

How many of the 30 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 32 villages cover 43 km², 17% of it sown with crops and 31% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 30
Middle school3 of 30
Secondary school1 of 30
Senior secondary school1 of 30
Degree college0 of 30

Health

Primary health centre0 of 30
Health sub-centre0 of 30
Anganwadi centre6 of 30

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 30
Hand pump19 of 30
Electricity for homes5 of 30

Roads & transport

All-weather road4 of 30
Public bus0 of 30
Mobile phone coverage10 of 30

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 30
Commercial bank0 of 30
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 30
Weekly haat1 of 30

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (29), Turmeric (16), Maize (13), Til (12), Horse Gram (9), Black Gram (2), Millet (2), Ground Nuts (1).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Phiringia block

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