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Kermeli gram panchayat

Kermeli is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nuapada block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 1,756 people in 371 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nuapadaନୂଆପଡ଼ା assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
1,756
Literacy
53.5%
Area
13.7 km²
LGD code
120842

Villages of Kermeli

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kermeli13565156.6%4%88%
Kankermanji9444748.5%0%77%
Golabandh9141358.1%17%78%
Pethiapali5124546.0%8%92%

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 Kermeli

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,756
857 male · 899 female
Households
371
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
53.5%
below Nuapada block's villages (56.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,049
above Nuapada block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
301
17.1% of residents
Workers
707
40.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
116 (6.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,468 (83.6%)

What the 707 workers did

  • Cultivators173 (24.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers30 (4.2%)
  • Household industry19 (2.7%)
  • Other work131 (18.5%)
  • Marginal workers354 (50.1%)

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 Kermeli

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 14 km², 20% of it sown with crops and 13% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes0 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 haat0 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Gurji (4), Mandia (3), Blackgram (1). Handicrafts: Earthern Pots (2), Two Families Bamoos Works (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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