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Gram panchayat · Pottangi block · Koraput

Ampavalli gram panchayat

Ampavalli is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pottangi block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,030 people in 968 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pottangi assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,030
Literacy
35.9%
Area
20.4 km²
LGD code
119899

Villages of Ampavalli

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ampaballi4431,79545.7%2%62%
Sorada3531,54812.0%3%82%
Kurli17268761.3%16%70%

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 Ampavalli

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,030
1,997 male · 2,033 female
Households
968
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
35.9%
above Pottangi block's villages (32.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,018
below Pottangi block's villages (1,037)
Children aged 0–6
701
17.4% of residents
Workers
2,374
58.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
186 (4.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,860 (71.0%)

What the 2,374 workers did

  • Cultivators1,315 (55.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers157 (6.6%)
  • Household industry8 (0.3%)
  • Other work158 (6.7%)
  • Marginal workers736 (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 Ampavalli

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 20 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school0 of 3
  • Secondary school0 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre2 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes1 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Ragi (3), Paddy (2), Zinger (2), Ginger (1), Maize (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 Pottangi block

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