Gram panchayat · Kalyansingpur block · Rayagada
Polama gram panchayat
Polama is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 3,769 people in 845 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 14
- Population (2011)
- 3,769
- Literacy
- 29.1%
- Area
- 33.1 km²
- LGD code
- 121167
Villages of Polama
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palama | 196 | 1,084 | 50.5% | 5% | 52% |
| Mandipadar | 123 | 452 | 35.4% | 50% | 48% |
| Podibhata | 85 | 377 | 19.1% | 0% | 100% |
| Papikona | 95 | 375 | 7.3% | 7% | 90% |
| Pidia | 79 | 362 | 20.8% | 45% | 54% |
| Kusubeti | 65 | 258 | 40.5% | 0% | 96% |
| Chaluniguda | 51 | 232 | 8.6% | 3% | 97% |
| Bandhakaranja | 46 | 184 | 19.2% | 10% | 89% |
| Baghadangar | 42 | 175 | 24.5% | 16% | 83% |
| Gamiguda | 27 | 117 | 13.1% | 0% | 100% |
| Karkona | 19 | 86 | 1.4% | 0% | 100% |
| Araganda | 11 | 47 | 0.0% | 0% | 100% |
| Satabisi | 6 | 20 | 11.8% | 0% | 100% |
| Gobiri | 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 Polama
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 3,769
- 1,805 male · 1,964 female
- Households
- 845
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 29.1%
- below Kalyansingpur block's villages (36.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,088
- below Kalyansingpur block's villages (1,128)
- Children aged 0–6
- 706
- 18.7% of residents
- Workers
- 1,996
- 53.0% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 518 (13.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,741 (72.7%)
What the 1,996 workers did
- Cultivators288 (14.4%)
- Agricultural labourers239 (12.0%)
- Household industry2 (0.1%)
- Other work168 (8.4%)
- Marginal workers1,299 (65.1%)
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 Polama
How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 33 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.
Education
- Primary school10 of 13
- Middle school2 of 13
- Secondary school0 of 13
- Senior secondary school0 of 13
- Degree college0 of 13
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 13
- Health sub-centre2 of 13
- Anganwadi centre8 of 13
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 13
- Hand pump13 of 13
- Electricity for homes2 of 13
Roads & transport
- All-weather road10 of 13
- Public bus3 of 13
- Mobile phone coverage9 of 13
Services
- Post office or sub post office0 of 13
- Commercial bank0 of 13
- Ration (PDS) shop0 of 13
- Weekly haat0 of 13
- Primary schools
- 10
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 0
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 2
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (11), Ragi (11), Maize (7), Kosala (3), Haladi (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 Kalyansingpur block
- Budaguda
- Dhamunipanga
- Kalyansinghpur
- Kandhakatipadu
- Korapa
- Majhiguda
- Narayanapur
- Parsali
- Pujariguda
- Serigumma
- Sikarpai
- Singari
- Sunakhandi
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