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Gram panchayat · Tikabali block · Kandhamal

Bodimunda gram panchayat

Bodimunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tikabali block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 2,533 people in 662 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
2,533
Literacy
64.0%
Area
8.1 km²
LGD code
118998

Villages of Bodimunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Badimunda3801,35865.6%13%57%
Mahaguda13365171.5%10%82%
Brenguda6427039.0%18%82%
Nuasahi8525461.5%56%35%
Branguda00–––

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 Bodimunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,533
1,221 male · 1,312 female
Households
662
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.0%
below Tikabali block's villages (66.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,075
above Tikabali block's villages (1,038)
Children aged 0–6
320
12.6% of residents
Workers
1,365
53.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
429 (16.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,626 (64.2%)

What the 1,365 workers did

  • Cultivators245 (17.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers241 (17.7%)
  • Household industry15 (1.1%)
  • Other work60 (4.4%)
  • Marginal workers804 (58.9%)

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 Bodimunda

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 8 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 33% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Tikabali block

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