Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Dukum gram panchayat

Dukum is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 30 villages, home to 5,826 people in 1,316 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 30
Population (2011): 5,826
Literacy: 52.6%
Area: 55.2 km²
LGD code: 121111

Villages of Dukum

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dukum	202	1,179	66.1%	26%	53%
Kachapaju	76	455	59.0%	7%	89%
Jugapadar	93	380	67.4%	31%	48%
Ghusuripadar	71	336	26.2%	4%	95%
Jiari	86	326	72.9%	20%	56%
Gadabangiri	70	294	44.0%	11%	89%
Pipilipanga	69	277	46.4%	27%	73%
Bondili	75	252	72.2%	0%	27%
Dedipada	67	234	24.1%	0%	98%
Naringipanga	55	233	24.8%	20%	71%
Pipili	53	232	33.9%	32%	65%
Mandakota	56	230	68.5%	32%	35%
Lakhobhata	60	222	56.0%	7%	91%
Mundurumaska	38	158	64.8%	0%	97%
Marlchapadi	49	156	44.6%	5%	87%
Balakupa	39	139	48.6%	29%	52%
Baladaguda	24	134	50.5%	0%	99%
Pinda	35	126	35.4%	0%	100%
Beradangopadar	24	120	22.6%	0%	100%
Huruli	14	80	45.5%	0%	100%
Nandi	15	74	15.3%	0%	100%
Bandichuan	11	59	26.8%	0%	100%
Rupapadar	9	43	48.5%	0%	100%
Jaupada	9	34	20.8%	0%	82%
Bukurumuska	9	33	33.3%	0%	12%
Badeipadar	7	20	43.8%	0%	100%
Hupuripadar	0	0	–	–	–
Kunumani	0	0	–	–	–
Ranijamba	0	0	–	–	–
Royalpadar	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 Dukum

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,826; 2,906 male · 2,920 female
Households: 1,316; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 52.6%; above Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,005; below Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6: 893; 15.3% of residents
Workers: 2,575; 44.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 895 (15.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,125 (70.8%)

What the 2,575 workers did

Cultivators809 (31.4%)
Agricultural labourers244 (9.5%)
Household industry10 (0.4%)
Other work363 (14.1%)
Marginal workers1,149 (44.6%)

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 Dukum

How many of the 26 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 30 villages cover 55 km², 32% of it sown with crops and 16% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 26
Middle school3 of 26
Secondary school1 of 26
Senior secondary school0 of 26
Degree college0 of 26

Health

Primary health centre0 of 26
Health sub-centre2 of 26
Anganwadi centre17 of 26

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 26
Hand pump24 of 26
Electricity for homes6 of 26

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 26
Public bus3 of 26
Mobile phone coverage14 of 26

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 26
Commercial bank0 of 26
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 26
Weekly haat1 of 26

Primary schools: 15
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (26), Ragi (26), Pulses (23), Alasi (1), Kosala (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 Bissamcuttack block

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