Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Kumardhamuni gram panchayat

Kumardhamuni is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 19 villages, home to 5,032 people in 1,245 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 19
Population (2011): 5,032
Literacy: 41.2%
Area: 27.7 km²
LGD code: 121119

Villages of Kumardhamuni

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
KumbharDhamuni	344	1,299	62.9%	12%	20%
Khatiguda	104	488	58.0%	22%	77%
Pichiliguda	96	448	14.4%	7%	92%
Murteli	106	395	44.7%	7%	74%
Laxmipur	71	294	9.2%	0%	100%
Purutiguda	60	250	10.8%	1%	99%
Dubagudi	51	216	32.9%	0%	92%
Lanji	56	215	18.3%	10%	90%
KumbharDhamuniColony	36	200	61.7%	3%	98%
Minahala	46	197	47.6%	0%	100%
Tanginiguda	55	191	38.3%	32%	65%
Paparamba	47	187	26.9%	3%	74%
Tediliguda	49	186	50.3%	21%	78%
Rachuli	47	168	9.2%	0%	96%
Boradaguda	40	149	39.1%	0%	68%
Penigonda	21	84	30.9%	0%	100%
Panuguda	16	65	27.1%	0%	91%
Budaguda	0	0	–	–	–
Gulaguda	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 Kumardhamuni

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,032; 2,375 male · 2,657 female
Households: 1,245; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 41.2%; below Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,119; about the same as Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6: 796; 15.8% of residents
Workers: 2,463; 48.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 452 (9.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,487 (69.3%)

What the 2,463 workers did

Cultivators528 (21.4%)
Agricultural labourers168 (6.8%)
Household industry22 (0.9%)
Other work234 (9.5%)
Marginal workers1,511 (61.3%)

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 Kumardhamuni

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 19 villages cover 28 km², 15% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 17
Middle school1 of 17
Secondary school1 of 17
Senior secondary school0 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre2 of 17
Anganwadi centre13 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump16 of 17
Electricity for homes6 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road3 of 17
Public bus6 of 17
Mobile phone coverage11 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 17
Weekly haat0 of 17

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 1
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15), Ragi (14), Maize (12), 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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