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Gram panchayat · Borigumma block · Koraput

Nuagam gram panchayat

Nuagam is a gram panchayat (village council) in Borigumma block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,130 people in 657 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jeypore assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
3,130
Literacy
54.0%
Area
10.5 km²
LGD code
119754

Villages of Nuagam

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nuagam3181,89266.1%20%59%
Sanamajhiguda3391,23833.9%16%35%

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 Nuagam

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,130
1,446 male · 1,684 female
Households
657
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
54.0%
above Borigumma block's villages (45.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,165
above Borigumma block's villages (1,033)
Children aged 0–6
504
16.1% of residents
Workers
1,353
43.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
584 (18.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,554 (49.6%)

What the 1,353 workers did

  • Cultivators233 (17.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers373 (27.6%)
  • Household industry1 (0.1%)
  • Other work127 (9.4%)
  • Marginal workers619 (45.8%)

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 Nuagam

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 10 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre2 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Maize (2), Sugarcane (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 Borigumma block

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