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Gram panchayat · Dasapalla block · Nayagarh

Khamarsahi gram panchayat

Khamarsahi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dasapalla block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 10,577 people in 2,683 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Daspalla assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
17
Population (2011)
10,577
Literacy
79.0%
Area
20.1 km²
LGD code
120614

Villages of Khamarsahi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khandapada3701,51778.9%32%0%
Haridabari3341,44282.6%15%0%
Purunadaspalla3461,39177.3%33%0%
Kauda3441,25684.3%35%0%
Subalaya24898074.5%15%2%
Khamarsahi19677380.9%10%0%
Bhogara16866766.4%18%0%
Damahandi15156979.8%37%0%
Gaudabaghuaberani13646372.3%21%0%
Paikbaghuaberani10639476.9%0%10%
Chakradharpur7728885.0%27%5%
Arasahi5424874.7%4%38%
Damodarpur6423887.1%76%23%
Gohirapada4518092.1%9%0%
Sareni Ganda4417178.7%36%64%
Pithakhai00–––
Pithakhai–––––

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 Khamarsahi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
10,577
5,620 male · 4,957 female
Households
2,683
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.0%
above Dasapalla block's villages (72.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
882
below Dasapalla block's villages (954)
Children aged 0–6
1,108
10.5% of residents
Workers
3,569
33.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,575 (24.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
345 (3.3%)

What the 3,569 workers did

  • Cultivators692 (19.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers521 (14.6%)
  • Household industry102 (2.9%)
  • Other work1,289 (36.1%)
  • Marginal workers965 (27.0%)

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 Khamarsahi

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 20 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 15
  • Middle school6 of 15
  • Secondary school2 of 15
  • Senior secondary school1 of 15
  • Degree college1 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre2 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre15 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump15 of 15
  • Electricity for homes15 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road13 of 15
  • Public bus4 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage15 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 15
  • Weekly haat0 of 15
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15), Black Gram (15).

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 Dasapalla block

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