Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Durgi gram panchayat

Durgi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 6,196 people in 1,452 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 6,196
Literacy: 44.4%
Area: 23.3 km²
LGD code: 121113

Villages of Durgi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Durgi	438	1,792	75.5%	30%	16%
Kachapai	195	957	34.4%	10%	90%
Bhaleri	177	679	58.4%	21%	49%
Kalapai	73	347	21.2%	1%	99%
Talabarangpadar	67	302	4.4%	0%	93%
Rengabai	62	279	21.2%	0%	100%
Kundampadar	60	270	30.5%	0%	97%
Dharmaguda	62	255	28.2%	0%	96%
Kalipadar	51	227	34.8%	0%	97%
Hazaridanga	58	221	37.0%	5%	60%
Kadabhata	43	191	31.1%	0%	100%
Upparbarangpadar	43	185	0.0%	0%	100%
Haduguda	40	155	0.8%	0%	97%
Dhuanbadi	30	111	34.7%	0%	100%
Sintalguda	26	104	55.6%	0%	100%
Bondhaguda	11	56	14.6%	0%	100%
Tumbalupadu	10	40	19.4%	0%	100%
Kurangkul	6	25	41.7%	0%	100%
Chitikipanga	0	0	–	–	–
Huruguda	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 Durgi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,196; 2,986 male · 3,210 female
Households: 1,452; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 44.4%; about the same as Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,075; below Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6: 923; 14.9% of residents
Workers: 2,883; 46.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 791 (12.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,099 (66.2%)

What the 2,883 workers did

Cultivators413 (14.3%)
Agricultural labourers920 (31.9%)
Household industry12 (0.4%)
Other work361 (12.5%)
Marginal workers1,177 (40.8%)

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 Durgi

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 23 km², 25% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 18
Middle school4 of 18
Secondary school1 of 18
Senior secondary school0 of 18
Degree college0 of 18

Health

Primary health centre0 of 18
Health sub-centre1 of 18
Anganwadi centre13 of 18

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 18
Hand pump15 of 18
Electricity for homes5 of 18

Roads & transport

All-weather road11 of 18
Public bus2 of 18
Mobile phone coverage11 of 18

Services

Post office or sub post office0 of 18
Commercial bank0 of 18
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 18
Weekly haat0 of 18

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Ragi (17), Maize (13), Alasi (2), Pulses (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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