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Gram panchayat · Tumudibandh block · Kandhamal

Karukudupa gram panchayat

Karukudupa is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tumudibandh block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 3,333 people in 704 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
3,333
Literacy
55.5%
Area
22.1 km²
LGD code
275325

Villages of Karukudupa

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sodakia15669257.2%1%81%
Madapadar8742456.0%4%43%
Dangesiguda8940466.6%1%95%
Kurukudupa8638775.8%0%100%
Jiakangia4424729.6%0%95%
Murudumaha4622460.8%0%92%
Gangapadar4222345.1%0%96%
Tendarangi3920140.9%1%98%
Sindhipankal4118158.0%0%80%
Sapeli2110279.3%8%75%
Sralijadi15804.7%0%100%
Kapibira187938.6%0%82%
Guguri156727.5%0%100%
Burungipadar52231.6%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 Karukudupa

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,333
1,634 male · 1,699 female
Households
704
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
55.5%
above Tumudibandh block's villages (48.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,040
about the same as Tumudibandh block's villages (1,043)
Children aged 0–6
646
19.4% of residents
Workers
1,752
52.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
42 (1.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,820 (84.6%)

What the 1,752 workers did

  • Cultivators743 (42.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers201 (11.5%)
  • Household industry34 (1.9%)
  • Other work109 (6.2%)
  • Marginal workers665 (38.0%)

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 Karukudupa

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 22 km², 19% of it sown with crops and 68% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 14
  • Middle school2 of 14
  • Secondary school0 of 14
  • Senior secondary school0 of 14
  • Degree college0 of 14

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 14
  • Health sub-centre0 of 14
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 14

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 14
  • Hand pump13 of 14
  • Electricity for homes3 of 14

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road13 of 14
  • Public bus0 of 14
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 14

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 14
  • Commercial bank0 of 14
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 14
  • Weekly haat0 of 14
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Turmeric (8), Maize (7), Ginger (2).

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 Tumudibandh block

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