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Umuri gram panchayat

Umuri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Koraput block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,141 people in 855 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Koraput assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,141
Literacy
53.5%
Area
23.9 km²
LGD code
119811

Villages of Umuri

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Machhara-I3761,30149.2%13%67%
Umuri20377569.1%18%54%
Chappar12045053.8%2%22%
Padeiguda9834225.8%6%92%
Khillaput3717063.1%0%0%
Khaparaput2110361.4%0%0%

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 Umuri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,141
1,506 male · 1,635 female
Households
855
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
53.5%
above Koraput block's villages (48.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,086
above Koraput block's villages (1,066)
Children aged 0–6
475
15.1% of residents
Workers
1,707
54.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
341 (10.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,697 (54.0%)

What the 1,707 workers did

  • Cultivators232 (13.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers121 (7.1%)
  • Household industry5 (0.3%)
  • Other work375 (22.0%)
  • Marginal workers974 (57.1%)

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 Umuri

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 24 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Ragi (6), Nizer (6).

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 Koraput block

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