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Gram panchayat · Borigumma block · Koraput

Gujuniguda gram panchayat

Gujuniguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Borigumma block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,634 people in 1,229 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jeypore assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,634
Literacy
40.1%
Area
20.4 km²
LGD code
119741

Villages of Gujuniguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tenkar9003,32938.3%14%31%
Kanhuguda15363339.4%3%97%
Kenduguda10836743.3%16%84%
Gujuniguda6830557.5%23%38%

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 Gujuniguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,634
2,222 male · 2,412 female
Households
1,229
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
40.1%
below Borigumma block's villages (45.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,086
above Borigumma block's villages (1,033)
Children aged 0–6
815
17.6% of residents
Workers
2,582
55.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
605 (13.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,065 (44.6%)

What the 2,582 workers did

  • Cultivators274 (10.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers828 (32.1%)
  • Household industry16 (0.6%)
  • Other work259 (10.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,205 (46.7%)

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 Gujuniguda

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 4 villages cover 20 km², 15% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school2 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 homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 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
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Ragi (3), Sugarcane (2), Macca (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 Borigumma block

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