Gram panchayat · Tentulikhunti block · Nabarangpur
Kamta gram panchayat
Kamta is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tentulikhunti block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,221 people in 782 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nabarangpur assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 3,221
- Literacy
- 53.6%
- Area
- 12.5 km²
- LGD code
- 120560
Villages of Kamta
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 Kamta
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 3,221
- 1,570 male · 1,651 female
- Households
- 782
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 53.6%
- above Tentulikhunti block's villages (50.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,052
- about the same as Tentulikhunti block's villages (1,055)
- Children aged 0–6
- 562
- 17.4% of residents
- Workers
- 1,479
- 45.9% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 759 (23.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 595 (18.5%)
What the 1,479 workers did
- Cultivators73 (4.9%)
- Agricultural labourers231 (15.6%)
- Household industry5 (0.3%)
- Other work161 (10.9%)
- Marginal workers1,009 (68.2%)
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 Kamta
How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 12 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 16% forest.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school1 of 2
- Secondary school1 of 2
- Senior secondary school0 of 2
- Degree college0 of 2
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 2
- Health sub-centre1 of 2
- Anganwadi centre2 of 2
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 2
- Hand pump2 of 2
- Electricity for homes2 of 2
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 2
- Public bus0 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 2
- Commercial bank0 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
- Weekly haat0 of 2
- Primary schools
- 4
- Middle schools
- 1
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Maida (2), Ragi (2).
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 Tentulikhunti block
- Amlabhatta
- Anchalagumma
- Digi
- Goudadeopalli
- Jharigumma
- Kangra
- Kantagam
- Kukudabai
- Lamtaguda
- Manchagam
- Parajabarangpadar
- Patraput
- Pujariguda
- Tentulikhunti
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Kamta? Share it with us.