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Gram panchayat · Jamda block · Mayurbhanj

Tarana gram panchayat

Tarana is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jamda block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 6,215 people in 1,396 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rairangpur assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
6,215
Literacy
56.9%
Area
25.3 km²
LGD code
120169

Villages of Tarana

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Manbir4472,00660.8%4%66%
Bhadusahi19793956.1%2%91%
Kudahansa19885965.0%9%64%
Sankuleibira18974753.9%3%95%
Badasiha14764855.0%12%87%
Dighiabeda8639037.8%3%97%
Pahadpur7937364.7%1%96%
Giria3015247.5%0%81%
Tarana2310115.4%0%98%

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 Tarana

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,215
3,034 male · 3,181 female
Households
1,396
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
56.9%
below Jamda block's villages (60.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,048
below Jamda block's villages (1,060)
Children aged 0–6
964
15.5% of residents
Workers
3,054
49.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
308 (5.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,949 (79.6%)

What the 3,054 workers did

  • Cultivators849 (27.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers748 (24.5%)
  • Household industry40 (1.3%)
  • Other work125 (4.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,292 (42.3%)

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 Tarana

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 25 km², 88% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 9
  • Middle school3 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school1 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes3 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Maize (7), Millets (4), Millet (2), Sugarcane (2), Black Gram (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 Jamda block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Tarana? Share it with us.