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Gram panchayat · Rasgovindpur block · Mayurbhanj

Kamardiha gram panchayat

Kamardiha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rasgovindpur block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 12 villages, home to 9,350 people in 1,994 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Morada assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
12
Population (2011)
9,350
Literacy
60.1%
Area
17.6 km²
LGD code
120320

Villages of Kamardiha

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baunsatofa5582,76048.2%1%84%
MajanaDiha2511,07360.0%43%28%
Khunta2221,05760.9%8%45%
Dhansul2081,03261.5%0%75%
Kamardiha22184681.5%0%19%
Panchamania15779162.9%8%32%
Jharia15371953.6%1%90%
Raisol10652364.7%0%51%
Narangabaj5222590.7%15%0%
Ranisarai3617487.7%0%0%
Kalarapal3015050.8%0%77%
Arjuntolauninhabited00–––

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 Kamardiha

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,350
4,696 male · 4,654 female
Households
1,994
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.1%
below Rasgovindpur block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
991
above Rasgovindpur block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
1,415
15.1% of residents
Workers
4,315
46.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
672 (7.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
5,315 (56.8%)

What the 4,315 workers did

  • Cultivators256 (5.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers537 (12.4%)
  • Household industry50 (1.2%)
  • Other work442 (10.2%)
  • Marginal workers3,030 (70.2%)

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 Kamardiha

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 12 villages cover 18 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 11
  • Middle school6 of 11
  • Secondary school3 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre2 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump10 of 11
  • Electricity for homes11 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 11
  • Public bus1 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 11
  • Weekly haat1 of 11
Primary schools
12
Middle schools
9
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (11).

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 Rasgovindpur block

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