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Dharambandha gram panchayat

Dharambandha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nuapada block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,871 people in 916 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nuapadaନୂଆପଡ଼ା assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,871
Literacy
62.8%
Area
17.7 km²
LGD code
120837

Villages of Dharambandha

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dharambandha7223,14664.2%15%33%
Kodopali16260258.6%6%39%
Siliaribahara187546.9%3%93%
Bhotha144845.7%0%54%

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 Dharambandha

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,871
2,056 male · 1,815 female
Households
916
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
62.8%
above Nuapada block's villages (56.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
883
below Nuapada block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
465
12.0% of residents
Workers
2,231
57.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
498 (12.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,377 (35.6%)

What the 2,231 workers did

  • Cultivators530 (23.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers276 (12.4%)
  • Household industry26 (1.2%)
  • Other work124 (5.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,275 (57.1%)

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 Dharambandha

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 18 km², 34% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre1 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes2 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Pulses (3), Mung (1), Black Gram (1), Moong (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 Nuapada block

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