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Gram panchayat · Phulbani block · Kandhamal

Jamjhari gram panchayat

Jamjhari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phulbani block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 19 villages, home to 2,664 people in 669 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
19
Population (2011)
2,664
Literacy
62.4%
Area
35.6 km²
LGD code
118983

Villages of Jamjhari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamujhari13646881.3%52%31%
Bangalasahi10741969.4%35%41%
Kilupanga8834439.0%21%48%
Katitara4118580.7%31%67%
Kudali4218038.1%0%73%
Madikhole3515769.4%0%76%
Khetapaju3715377.2%0%99%
Khetapaju3313742.3%0%100%
Betenipada2610337.9%24%73%
Tadri238543.7%0%84%
Irpisaru166836.5%0%100%
Gabanala166751.8%1%99%
Ratumaska166336.0%3%97%
Sapangi145881.6%16%83%
Sipanjori105581.4%0%100%
Biripokal135174.4%51%49%
Sanamai104674.4%61%39%
Kaskagura31375.0%0%100%
Kudansuga31250.0%0%100%

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 Jamjhari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,664
1,295 male · 1,369 female
Households
669
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
62.4%
below Phulbani block's villages (69.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,057
above Phulbani block's villages (1,027)
Children aged 0–6
414
15.5% of residents
Workers
1,475
55.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
613 (23.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,660 (62.3%)

What the 1,475 workers did

  • Cultivators209 (14.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers195 (13.2%)
  • Household industry7 (0.5%)
  • Other work200 (13.6%)
  • Marginal workers864 (58.6%)

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 Jamjhari

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 19 villages cover 36 km², 19% of it sown with crops and 27% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 19
  • Middle school1 of 19
  • Secondary school0 of 19
  • Senior secondary school0 of 19
  • Degree college0 of 19

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 19
  • Health sub-centre1 of 19
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 19

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 19
  • Hand pump15 of 19
  • Electricity for homes1 of 19

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road18 of 19
  • Public bus0 of 19
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 19

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 19
  • Commercial bank0 of 19
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 19
  • Weekly haat0 of 19
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Horse Gram (1), Turmeric (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 Phulbani block

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