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Gram panchayat · Chandahandi block · Nabarangpur

Kuhudi gram panchayat

Kuhudi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Chandahandi block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 1,714 people in 433 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jharigam assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
1,714
Literacy
29.4%
Area
9.7 km²
LGD code
120427

Villages of Kuhudi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kuhudi20482330.7%3%68%
Dahimal - I15863332.1%0%77%
Kuambo7125817.8%0%97%

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 Kuhudi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,714
848 male · 866 female
Households
433
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
29.4%
below Chandahandi block's villages (49.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,021
about the same as Chandahandi block's villages (1,028)
Children aged 0–6
279
16.3% of residents
Workers
937
54.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
22 (1.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,297 (75.7%)

What the 937 workers did

  • Cultivators346 (36.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers11 (1.2%)
  • Household industry12 (1.3%)
  • Other work8 (0.9%)
  • Marginal workers560 (59.8%)

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 Kuhudi

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 10 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school0 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes0 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
2
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Maize (3).

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 Chandahandi block

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