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Gram panchayat · Samakhunta block · Mayurbhanj

Mahulia gram panchayat

Mahulia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Samakhunta block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,747 people in 889 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bangriposi assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,747
Literacy
58.0%
Area
8.3 km²
LGD code
120337

Villages of Mahulia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Mahulia2751,21458.8%0%74%
Jatipur24296648.5%10%27%
Itamundia21784252.3%0%44%
Gauddihi15572575.9%7%35%

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 Mahulia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,747
1,917 male · 1,830 female
Households
889
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.0%
about the same as Samakhunta block's villages (58.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
955
below Samakhunta block's villages (1,003)
Children aged 0–6
501
13.4% of residents
Workers
1,803
48.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
142 (3.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,790 (47.8%)

What the 1,803 workers did

  • Cultivators87 (4.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers317 (17.6%)
  • Household industry97 (5.4%)
  • Other work420 (23.3%)
  • Marginal workers882 (48.9%)

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 Mahulia

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 8 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Samakhunta block

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