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Gram panchayat · Nimapada block · Puri

Terundia gram panchayat

Terundia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nimapada block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 6,356 people in 1,445 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nimapara assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
6,356
Literacy
83.3%
Area
9.7 km²
LGD code
121036

Villages of Terundia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Terundia6402,81880.6%24%0%
Dhirapur2121,00785.3%38%0%
Rajarasi18977582.9%14%0%
Jageswarpur16367085.1%18%0%
Musunapur11551683.3%2%0%
Gadatusinha8137190.5%0%0%
Basantala4519992.2%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 Terundia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,356
3,247 male · 3,109 female
Households
1,445
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.3%
below Nimapada block's villages (84.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
957
below Nimapada block's villages (973)
Children aged 0–6
602
9.5% of residents
Workers
2,581
40.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,309 (20.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,581 workers did

  • Cultivators584 (22.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers311 (12.0%)
  • Household industry50 (1.9%)
  • Other work495 (19.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,141 (44.2%)

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 Terundia

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 10 km², 62% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre2 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).

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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