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Gram panchayat · Jamankira block · Sambalpur

Jamankira gram panchayat

Jamankira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jamankira block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 7,098 people in 1,782 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kuchinda assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
7,098
Literacy
75.4%
Area
26 km²
LGD code
121318

Villages of Jamankira

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamankira1,0964,26680.8%20%22%
Tulub18174572.9%20%50%
Chhemunda11553071.5%10%66%
Arjunpali11749267.7%9%65%
Langabahal(SAN)11040754.8%1%86%
Khairdihi6625057.0%0%76%
Durgadihi4520867.9%1%99%
Patabandha5220069.8%1%95%

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 Jamankira

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,098
3,576 male · 3,522 female
Households
1,782
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.4%
above Jamankira block's villages (70.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
below Jamankira block's villages (1,006)
Children aged 0–6
796
11.2% of residents
Workers
3,459
48.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,116 (15.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,923 (41.2%)

What the 3,459 workers did

  • Cultivators549 (15.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers586 (16.9%)
  • Household industry128 (3.7%)
  • Other work1,067 (30.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,129 (32.6%)

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 Jamankira

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 26 km², 42% of it sown with crops and 28% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school4 of 8
  • Secondary school2 of 8
  • Senior secondary school1 of 8
  • Degree college1 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Tomato (6), Mustard (6), Wheat (3), Potato (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 Jamankira block

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