Gram panchayat · Kalyansingpur block · Rayagada

Dhamunipanga gram panchayat

Dhamunipanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 22 villages, home to 4,071 people in 917 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 22
Population (2011): 4,071
Literacy: 36.0%
Area: 34.6 km²
LGD code: 121161

Villages of Dhamunipanga

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dhaminipanga	142	628	48.2%	37%	60%
Hatimunda	112	508	44.7%	12%	77%
Adabadi	66	324	40.1%	99%	0%
Pedipadar	76	312	27.8%	0%	100%
Kamatana	73	311	28.3%	16%	79%
Gunduriguda	55	282	17.2%	0%	98%
Dhepaguda	63	245	41.6%	2%	94%
Kulumuhi	45	201	36.6%	5%	95%
Chanchadaguda	43	192	33.1%	0%	23%
Kodabhata	38	175	65.5%	0%	96%
Palakhalima	36	165	32.9%	0%	93%
Khadikanala	42	156	50.4%	0%	87%
Rabuguda	25	112	2.2%	0%	100%
Gugurumandi	24	111	11.0%	0%	100%
Damolima (Damanima)	22	101	17.9%	100%	0%
Surumuli	21	82	22.2%	0%	100%
Kaliaguda	15	72	30.9%	0%	100%
Kataguda	11	49	14.6%	0%	67%
Bauguda	7	40	22.2%	0%	100%
Khadikabandali	1	5	40.0%	100%	0%
Arisakendu	0	0	–	–	–
Papibali	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 Dhamunipanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,071; 1,887 male · 2,184 female
Households: 917; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 36.0%; about the same as Kalyansingpur block's villages (36.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,157; above Kalyansingpur block's villages (1,128)
Children aged 0–6: 685; 16.8% of residents
Workers: 2,195; 53.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 785 (19.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,975 (73.1%)

What the 2,195 workers did

Cultivators632 (28.8%)
Agricultural labourers75 (3.4%)
Household industry18 (0.8%)
Other work79 (3.6%)
Marginal workers1,391 (63.4%)

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 Dhamunipanga

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 22 villages cover 35 km², 27% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 20
Middle school1 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre14 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes8 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road7 of 20
Public bus2 of 20
Mobile phone coverage15 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat0 of 20

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

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17), Ragi (17), Alasi (14), Maize (3).

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 Kalyansingpur block

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