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Gram panchayat · Dasamantapur block · Koraput

Mujanga gram panchayat

Mujanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dasamantapur block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 6,391 people in 1,843 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lakshmipur assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
6,391
Literacy
43.8%
Area
73.8 km²
LGD code
119770

Villages of Mujanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mujang7242,53744.7%13%61%
Killar27194055.1%0%45%
Kankadaput15754739.0%17%75%
Dengajaniguda13141557.0%9%43%
Baraguda10835229.4%9%89%
Baunsaguda9033631.3%0%31%
Bilaput8529239.3%0%59%
Batisil8425725.6%0%100%
Kesabaguda5019027.8%0%99%
Bakadaguda3717557.0%3%97%
Dangayatput5217244.2%31%2%
Sukriguda4816443.8%0%97%
Champapadar61425.0%0%0%
Patiasil00–––

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 Mujanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,391
3,059 male · 3,332 female
Households
1,843
about 3.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
43.8%
above Dasamantapur block's villages (42.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,089
above Dasamantapur block's villages (1,063)
Children aged 0–6
1,172
18.3% of residents
Workers
3,398
53.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
564 (8.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,931 (61.5%)

What the 3,398 workers did

  • Cultivators592 (17.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers567 (16.7%)
  • Household industry18 (0.5%)
  • Other work495 (14.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,726 (50.8%)

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 Mujanga

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 74 km², 32% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 13
  • Middle school4 of 13
  • Secondary school0 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre1 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump13 of 13
  • Electricity for homes13 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 13
  • Public bus0 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 13
  • Weekly haat0 of 13
Primary schools
13
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Oil Seeds (13), Maize (13), Ragi (12).

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 Dasamantapur block

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