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Gram panchayat · Kosagumuda block · Nabarangpur

Bamuni gram panchayat

Bamuni is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kosagumuda block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,001 people in 1,203 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nabarangpur assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
5,001
Literacy
43.0%
Area
21.9 km²
LGD code
120466

Villages of Bamuni

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bamuni3631,40041.3%11%71%
Kerla2781,13258.9%9%32%
Gumundoli18181331.7%12%59%
Balenga13558721.6%3%62%
Rampalli12457251.6%17%58%
Rasiaguda9338849.2%24%70%
Chatalahandi2910921.6%0%82%

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 Bamuni

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,001
2,469 male · 2,532 female
Households
1,203
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
43.0%
above Kosagumuda block's villages (36.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,026
about the same as Kosagumuda block's villages (1,022)
Children aged 0–6
862
17.2% of residents
Workers
2,724
54.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
554 (11.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,897 (57.9%)

What the 2,724 workers did

  • Cultivators699 (25.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers509 (18.7%)
  • Household industry7 (0.3%)
  • Other work100 (3.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,409 (51.7%)

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 Bamuni

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 22 km², 73% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre2 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump6 of 7
  • Electricity for homes6 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Maize (7), Sugarcane (4), Ragi (2), Sugarcane , Ragi (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 Kosagumuda block

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