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Gram panchayat · Muniguda block · Rayagada

Ghamatguda gram panchayat

Ghamatguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Muniguda block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 2,215 people in 495 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
18
Population (2011)
2,215
Literacy
29.6%
Area
22.6 km²
LGD code
275629

Villages of Ghamatguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gamtaguda12555248.4%65%19%
Rotedi5428852.2%24%76%
Biriguda4420538.8%0%5%
Giringili4519414.3%7%0%
Chichangabari3917235.0%77%23%
Jobaguda381564.7%0%0%
Kerandi21946.0%81%12%
Turukupa17794.5%0%96%
Kuthubadi157810.3%0%100%
Sanopangidi17705.9%39%61%
Panjabali20689.1%0%0%
Kanibori146637.3%0%94%
Badopangidi16634.1%0%0%
Paduruguda104920.5%0%49%
Kusumuguda15472.6%0%0%
Pudugabali3200.0%0%100%
Sorisopadar2140.0%0%79%
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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 Ghamatguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,215
1,091 male · 1,124 female
Households
495
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
29.6%
below Muniguda block's villages (44.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,030
above Muniguda block's villages (1,013)
Children aged 0–6
392
17.7% of residents
Workers
1,176
53.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
677 (30.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
699 (31.6%)

What the 1,176 workers did

  • Cultivators139 (11.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers279 (23.7%)
  • Household industry0 (0.0%)
  • Other work44 (3.7%)
  • Marginal workers714 (60.7%)

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 Ghamatguda

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 17 villages cover 23 km², 24% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

  • Primary school12 of 17
  • Middle school9 of 17
  • Secondary school0 of 17
  • Senior secondary school0 of 17
  • Degree college0 of 17

Health

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

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 17
  • Hand pump15 of 17
  • Electricity for homes0 of 17

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 17
  • Public bus0 of 17
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 17

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 17
  • Commercial bank0 of 17
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 17
  • Weekly haat1 of 17
Primary schools
15
Middle schools
10
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17), Ragi (9), Alasi (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 Muniguda block

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