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Gram panchayat · Khariar block · Nuapada

Tukla gram panchayat

Tukla is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khariar block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 6,884 people in 1,690 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Khariar assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
6,884
Literacy
61.0%
Area
10.8 km²
LGD code
120798

Villages of Tukla

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tukula1,6906,88461.0%12%10%

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 Tukla

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,884
3,496 male · 3,388 female
Households
1,690
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
61.0%
above Khariar block's villages (58.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
969
below Khariar block's villages (1,006)
Children aged 0–6
859
12.5% of residents
Workers
3,112
45.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
821 (11.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
706 (10.3%)

What the 3,112 workers did

  • Cultivators311 (10.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers802 (25.8%)
  • Household industry139 (4.5%)
  • Other work629 (20.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,231 (39.6%)

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 Tukla

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 11 km², 93% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school1 of 1
  • Degree college1 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre1 of 1
  • Health sub-centre1 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 office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank1 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Pulses (1), Biri (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 Khariar block

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