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Gram panchayat · Umerkote block · Nabarangpur

Tohara gram panchayat

Tohara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Umerkote block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 10,900 people in 2,367 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
10,900
Literacy
19.4%
Area
3.6 km²
LGD code
275407

Villages of Tohara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tohara2,36710,90019.4%4%68%

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 Tohara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
10,900
5,495 male · 5,405 female
Households
2,367
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
19.4%
below Umerkote block's villages (43.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
984
below Umerkote block's villages (1,005)
Children aged 0–6
2,196
20.1% of residents
Workers
5,995
55.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
435 (4.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
7,430 (68.2%)

What the 5,995 workers did

  • Cultivators2,210 (36.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers358 (6.0%)
  • Household industry17 (0.3%)
  • Other work66 (1.1%)
  • Marginal workers3,344 (55.8%)

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 Tohara

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 4 km², 69% of it sown with crops and 28% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 1
  • Commercial bank1 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Maize (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 Umerkote block

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