Gram panchayat · Kuliana block · Mayurbhanj

Chandua gram panchayat

Chandua is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kuliana block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 9,736 people in 2,319 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bangriposi assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 9,736
Literacy: 56.8%
Area: 31 km²
LGD code: 120246

Villages of Chandua

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Chandua	392	1,507	67.3%	4%	52%
Baunsabani	199	1,172	82.2%	17%	71%
Pathara	296	1,152	58.9%	8%	10%
Kakharusole	256	1,033	37.5%	1%	99%
Dudhakundi	210	941	41.1%	0%	75%
Sunaria	186	789	56.0%	8%	89%
Belerisol	159	684	75.5%	0%	23%
Nedhua	124	490	51.3%	0%	94%
Balichaturi	87	394	21.1%	0%	99%
Tulasibani	93	357	51.9%	0%	100%
Dhanimari	74	319	64.7%	0%	0%
Kathgandia	86	316	45.5%	0%	100%
Banadav	49	190	24.4%	0%	100%
Nuhamalia	37	125	43.8%	0%	100%
Saluabeda	23	111	55.1%	0%	100%
Srichandanpur	36	107	38.5%	0%	100%
Baragenja	12	49	33.3%	0%	100%
Baghbani	0	0	–	–	–
Dhemnasol	0	0	–	–	–
Khandarpada	0	0	–	–	–
Tamudiasul	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 Chandua

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 9,736; 5,056 male · 4,680 female
Households: 2,319; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 56.8%; below Kuliana block's villages (62.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 926; below Kuliana block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6: 1,306; 13.4% of residents
Workers: 4,852; 49.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 440 (4.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 6,420 (65.9%)

What the 4,852 workers did

Cultivators277 (5.7%)
Agricultural labourers134 (2.8%)
Household industry214 (4.4%)
Other work544 (11.2%)
Marginal workers3,683 (75.9%)

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 Chandua

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 31 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 20% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 17
Middle school4 of 17
Secondary school2 of 17
Senior secondary school1 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre2 of 17
Anganwadi centre13 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump17 of 17
Electricity for homes8 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 17
Public bus0 of 17
Mobile phone coverage17 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 17
Weekly haat3 of 17

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Vegetables (6), Black Gram (3), Black Gram, 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 Kuliana block

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