Gram panchayat · Kuliana block · Mayurbhanj

Parulia gram panchayat

Parulia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kuliana block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 28 villages, home to 4,573 people in 1,189 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bangriposi assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 28
Population (2011): 4,573
Literacy: 68.5%
Area: 10.9 km²
LGD code: 120257

Villages of Parulia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dangarsahi	270	1,015	71.4%	16%	46%
Badhaladiakanda	167	686	73.1%	10%	46%
Darunia	155	675	58.5%	3%	97%
Parulia	163	562	57.1%	11%	34%
Ghodapal	96	407	68.9%	19%	74%
Sanpalasia	58	208	79.3%	0%	0%
Barkuli	45	162	80.0%	0%	55%
Jamda	47	157	83.3%	0%	10%
Talabadia	40	149	68.9%	0%	43%
Sagunapada	34	130	52.5%	5%	83%
Kakrisul	23	85	62.9%	61%	0%
Sunthipal	20	80	88.7%	0%	56%
Gobindapur	19	64	89.1%	0%	6%
Salbani	14	50	72.1%	0%	26%
Mangarajia	11	39	59.4%	0%	100%
Adasilibadhali	11	36	75.0%	100%	0%
Kaniabuda	6	30	48.0%	0%	100%
Paikalisardiha	6	25	85.7%	0%	0%
Majhibhag	4	13	66.7%	0%	0%
Athakahania	0	0	–	–	–
Baliadahan	0	0	–	–	–
Dubabania	0	0	–	–	–
Jambhirei	0	0	–	–	–
Nalhua	0	0	–	–	–
Paikalidarunia	0	0	–	–	–
Sanadarunia	0	0	–	–	–
Sarasbondha	0	0	–	–	–
Suniapal	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 Parulia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,573; 2,324 male · 2,249 female
Households: 1,189; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 68.5%; above Kuliana block's villages (62.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 968; below Kuliana block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6: 568; 12.4% of residents
Workers: 2,387; 52.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 482 (10.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,333 (51.0%)

What the 2,387 workers did

Cultivators490 (20.5%)
Agricultural labourers678 (28.4%)
Household industry11 (0.5%)
Other work269 (11.3%)
Marginal workers939 (39.3%)

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 Parulia

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 28 villages cover 11 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 19
Middle school4 of 19
Secondary school2 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre1 of 19
Anganwadi centre6 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump11 of 19
Electricity for homes16 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road16 of 19
Public bus0 of 19
Mobile phone coverage17 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 19
Weekly haat0 of 19

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Ground Nuts (18), Vegetables (18).

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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