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Gram panchayat · Sinapali block · Nuapada

Ghuchaguda gram panchayat

Ghuchaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sinapali block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 2,176 people in 597 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Khariar assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
2,176
Literacy
57.8%
Area
5.2 km²
LGD code
275463

Villages of Ghuchaguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ghuchaguda5972,17657.8%16%8%

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 Ghuchaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,176
1,106 male · 1,070 female
Households
597
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.8%
about the same as Sinapali block's villages (57.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
967
below Sinapali block's villages (1,009)
Children aged 0–6
307
14.1% of residents
Workers
998
45.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
349 (16.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
166 (7.6%)

What the 998 workers did

  • Cultivators68 (6.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers79 (7.9%)
  • Household industry15 (1.5%)
  • Other work79 (7.9%)
  • Marginal workers757 (75.9%)

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 Ghuchaguda

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 5 km², 61% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 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 bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat0 of 1
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Pulses (1), Maize, Bajara (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 Sinapali block

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