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Gram panchayat · Odagaon block · Nayagarh

Panchumu gram panchayat

Panchumu is a gram panchayat (village council) in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,657 people in 903 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,657
Literacy
73.6%
Area
10.5 km²
LGD code
120721

Villages of Panchumu

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Majhiakhand2931,22180.3%10%0%
Kespania23492065.6%19%0%
Panchumu14462578.8%10%0%
Danajhari10137673.2%30%0%
Todibari9335465.7%41%0%
Pankalbari3816167.4%26%63%

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 Panchumu

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,657
1,865 male · 1,792 female
Households
903
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.6%
below Odagaon block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
961
above Odagaon block's villages (904)
Children aged 0–6
367
10.0% of residents
Workers
1,360
37.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
659 (18.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
101 (2.8%)

What the 1,360 workers did

  • Cultivators306 (22.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers277 (20.4%)
  • Household industry20 (1.5%)
  • Other work368 (27.1%)
  • Marginal workers389 (28.6%)

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 Panchumu

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 10 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6).

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 Odagaon block

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