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Gram panchayat · Kanas block · Puri

Jamalgoda gram panchayat

Jamalgoda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kanas block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,840 people in 859 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Satyabadi assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,840
Literacy
89.4%
Area
11 km²
LGD code
120983

Villages of Jamalgoda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamilagoda3881,74587.8%15%0%
Basantapur2611,18092.3%2%0%
Haripur14363887.2%0%0%
Siripur6727792.2%0%0%

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 Jamalgoda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,840
1,924 male · 1,916 female
Households
859
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
89.4%
above Kanas block's villages (85.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
996
above Kanas block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
437
11.4% of residents
Workers
1,043
27.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
274 (7.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,043 workers did

  • Cultivators383 (36.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers216 (20.7%)
  • Household industry10 (1.0%)
  • Other work249 (23.9%)
  • Marginal workers185 (17.7%)

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 Jamalgoda

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 11 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school2 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 homes4 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) shop0 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Kanas block

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