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Kendubahara gram panchayat

Kendubahara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nuapada block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,230 people in 864 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nuapadaନୂଆପଡ଼ା assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,230
Literacy
43.3%
Area
39.6 km²
LGD code
120841

Villages of Kendubahara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kendubahara20272745.5%9%62%
Sirigidi14655636.7%10%82%
Brahmani14153446.8%3%77%
Bhainsadaraha13753138.0%14%40%
Gidhinipani11643047.5%1%16%
Jamusalebhata4917452.0%0%98%
Chhotkendubahara3314047.2%0%100%
Forfouj4013836.6%0%70%

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 Kendubahara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,230
1,543 male · 1,687 female
Households
864
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
43.3%
below Nuapada block's villages (56.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,093
above Nuapada block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
527
16.3% of residents
Workers
2,089
64.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
213 (6.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,001 (62.0%)

What the 2,089 workers did

  • Cultivators486 (23.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers203 (9.7%)
  • Household industry9 (0.4%)
  • Other work52 (2.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,339 (64.1%)

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 Kendubahara

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 40 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 36% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school2 of 8
  • Secondary school0 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump7 of 8
  • Electricity for homes6 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Pulses (8), Gurji (2), Ragi (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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