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Gram panchayat · Semiliguda block · Koraput

Renga gram panchayat

Renga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Semiliguda block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,325 people in 992 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pottangi assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,325
Literacy
45.0%
Area
16.7 km²
LGD code
119924

Villages of Renga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Renga6573,04443.2%10%57%
Gunja3351,28149.3%16%35%
M Marua–––––
P Renu–––––

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 Renga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,325
2,293 male · 2,032 female
Households
992
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
45.0%
about the same as Semiliguda block's villages (45.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
886
below Semiliguda block's villages (1,031)
Children aged 0–6
762
17.6% of residents
Workers
2,288
52.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
516 (11.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,185 (50.5%)

What the 2,288 workers did

  • Cultivators1,009 (44.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers327 (14.3%)
  • Household industry78 (3.4%)
  • Other work60 (2.6%)
  • Marginal workers814 (35.6%)

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 Renga

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 17 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetable (2), Ginger (1), Ragi (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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