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Gram panchayat · Semiliguda block · Koraput

Gunthaput gram panchayat

Gunthaput is a gram panchayat (village council) in Semiliguda block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,055 people in 1,088 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pottangi assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
4,055
Literacy
40.2%
Area
27.1 km²
LGD code
119916

Villages of Gunthaput

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gutaput2901,12350.8%7%30%
Hadiguda14551134.9%19%8%
Karari11343225.3%13%88%
Handapur11137432.4%27%70%
Phuladaba8433355.8%0%15%
Majhiput7928550.0%46%18%
Chhataput4818926.7%5%31%
Litiput3814732.3%90%0%
Bilaput3913620.8%0%90%
Gutalguda3511646.0%0%70%
Porapadar3911542.7%0%32%
Boriguda(Bariguda)3211420.6%0%100%
Haridaput1910932.5%0%45%
Majhiput167143.3%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 Gunthaput

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,055
1,985 male · 2,070 female
Households
1,088
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
40.2%
below Semiliguda block's villages (45.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,043
above Semiliguda block's villages (1,031)
Children aged 0–6
709
17.5% of residents
Workers
2,239
55.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
604 (14.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,575 (38.8%)

What the 2,239 workers did

  • Cultivators1,101 (49.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers229 (10.2%)
  • Household industry43 (1.9%)
  • Other work71 (3.2%)
  • Marginal workers795 (35.5%)

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 Gunthaput

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 27 km², 49% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school13 of 14
  • Middle school4 of 14
  • Secondary school2 of 14
  • Senior secondary school0 of 14
  • Degree college0 of 14

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 14
  • Health sub-centre1 of 14
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 14

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 14
  • Hand pump14 of 14
  • Electricity for homes5 of 14

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road12 of 14
  • Public bus0 of 14
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 14

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 14
  • Commercial bank0 of 14
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 14
  • Weekly haat0 of 14
Primary schools
14
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Ragi (12), Vegetable (4), Niger (3), Neiger (3), Naiger (2), Vegetables (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 Semiliguda block

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