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Gram panchayat · Nimapada block · Puri

Deuna gram panchayat

Deuna is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nimapada block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 7,156 people in 1,530 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nimapara assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
7,156
Literacy
82.8%
Area
13.1 km²
LGD code
121023

Villages of Deuna

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Denuan1,0094,95981.7%31%0%
Chhenua5212,19785.3%26%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 Deuna

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,156
3,726 male · 3,430 female
Households
1,530
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
82.8%
below Nimapada block's villages (84.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
921
below Nimapada block's villages (973)
Children aged 0–6
701
9.8% of residents
Workers
2,778
38.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,132 (29.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
21 (0.3%)

What the 2,778 workers did

  • Cultivators681 (24.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers389 (14.0%)
  • Household industry112 (4.0%)
  • Other work602 (21.7%)
  • Marginal workers994 (35.8%)

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 Deuna

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 13 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school2 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2).

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 Nimapada block

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