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Gram panchayat · Gunupur block · Rayagada

Tolana gram panchayat

Tolana is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gunupur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,102 people in 886 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Gunupur assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,102
Literacy
39.7%
Area
83.1 km²
LGD code
121158

Villages of Tolana

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tolana3791,71535.4%0%99%
Kitunga19487554.7%0%99%
Badamosingi16270426.3%0%100%
Tarigising6843539.4%0%100%
Dengakul5824856.9%0%99%
Tadar2512538.5%0%99%
Kinturanga00–––

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 Tolana

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,102
1,990 male · 2,112 female
Households
886
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
39.7%
below Gunupur block's villages (46.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,061
above Gunupur block's villages (1,043)
Children aged 0–6
753
18.4% of residents
Workers
2,124
51.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
5 (0.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,072 (99.3%)

What the 2,124 workers did

  • Cultivators394 (18.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers836 (39.4%)
  • Household industry1 (0.0%)
  • Other work17 (0.8%)
  • Marginal workers876 (41.2%)

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 Tolana

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 83 km², .

Education

  • Primary school4 of 6
  • Middle school1 of 6
  • Secondary school0 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes1 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office6 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Gunupur block

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