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Gram panchayat · Bamra block · Sambalpur

Turei gram panchayat

Turei is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bamra block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 3,385 people in 917 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kuchinda assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
3,385
Literacy
66.7%
Area
22.6 km²
LGD code
121292

Villages of Turei

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Turei3601,20471.8%15%57%
Baliturei18775860.1%7%84%
Kurumloi15658968.2%7%74%
Mandiapura9231474.5%10%73%
Damamunda6329761.0%1%94%
Talbahal3512750.9%4%72%
Ainladhipa249656.3%43%31%

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 Turei

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,385
1,604 male · 1,781 female
Households
917
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
66.7%
below Bamra block's villages (69.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,110
above Bamra block's villages (1,012)
Children aged 0–6
384
11.3% of residents
Workers
2,155
63.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
359 (10.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,387 (70.5%)

What the 2,155 workers did

  • Cultivators602 (27.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers400 (18.6%)
  • Household industry11 (0.5%)
  • Other work115 (5.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,027 (47.7%)

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 Turei

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 23 km², 24% of it sown with crops and 30% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 7
  • Middle school3 of 7
  • Secondary school2 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus4 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7), Spices (6), Vegetables (6).

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 Bamra block

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