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Gram panchayat · Kalimela block · Malkangiri

Nalagunthi gram panchayat

Nalagunthi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalimela block of Malkangiri district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,691 people in 796 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Malkangiri assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,691
Literacy
64.3%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
119944

Villages of Nalagunthi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nalagunti6953,24268.0%51%23%
Idikonda10144935.2%0%100%
Mpv - 36–––––

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 Nalagunthi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,691
1,806 male · 1,885 female
Households
796
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.3%
above Kalimela block's villages (51.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,044
above Kalimela block's villages (994)
Children aged 0–6
559
15.1% of residents
Workers
1,906
51.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,666 (45.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,182 (32.0%)

What the 1,906 workers did

  • Cultivators724 (38.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers175 (9.2%)
  • Household industry11 (0.6%)
  • Other work199 (10.4%)
  • Marginal workers797 (41.8%)

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 Nalagunthi

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 12 km², 36% of it sown with crops and 37% 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 homes1 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 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 haat1 of 2
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Ground Nuts (1), Til (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 Kalimela block

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