Gram panchayat · Nandapur block · Koraput

Khurji gram panchayat

Khurji is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nandapur block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 4,315 people in 1,129 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pottangi assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 4,315
Literacy: 42.0%
Area: 32.6 km²
LGD code: 119879

Villages of Khurji

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bijapur	252	1,123	49.3%	8%	41%
Semala	108	364	34.4%	8%	91%
Jogiput	86	352	48.2%	12%	88%
Joriput	74	306	41.8%	4%	35%
Nandigan	80	295	23.9%	0%	87%
Burudiput	78	258	22.9%	5%	35%
Khurji	80	251	47.5%	0%	26%
Chhaparamba	44	185	30.5%	0%	100%
Analaghat	50	178	60.5%	94%	5%
Khotalput	32	143	36.7%	17%	80%
Majhiput	46	141	50.0%	0%	37%
Baraput	37	138	63.6%	0%	0%
Kirajholla	27	112	20.2%	0%	98%
Dokriput	29	109	45.3%	0%	99%
Buchhaput	26	87	65.3%	0%	0%
Galaput	22	79	36.8%	0%	0%
Muliaput	23	76	21.4%	0%	93%
Kamaragura	20	67	27.3%	0%	100%
Charampi	15	51	28.6%	0%	100%
Borra	0	0	–	–	–
Ranginigura	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 Khurji

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,315; 2,072 male · 2,243 female
Households: 1,129; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 42.0%; about the same as Nandapur block's villages (41.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,083; above Nandapur block's villages (1,059)
Children aged 0–6: 766; 17.8% of residents
Workers: 2,430; 56.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 378 (8.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,393 (55.5%)

What the 2,430 workers did

Cultivators1,540 (63.4%)
Agricultural labourers59 (2.4%)
Household industry9 (0.4%)
Other work69 (2.8%)
Marginal workers753 (31.0%)

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 Khurji

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 33 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 19
Middle school4 of 19
Secondary school1 of 19
Senior secondary school1 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre2 of 19
Anganwadi centre18 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump19 of 19
Electricity for homes6 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road19 of 19
Public bus1 of 19
Mobile phone coverage10 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop7 of 19
Weekly haat0 of 19

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Ragi (19), Paddy (18), Niger Seeds (12), Nizer Seed (4), Vegetables (2), Nizer Seeds (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 Nandapur block

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