Gram panchayat · Rairakhol block · Sambalpur

Luhapank gram panchayat

Luhapank is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rairakhol block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 29 villages, home to 5,234 people in 1,248 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rairakhol assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 29
Population (2011): 5,234
Literacy: 63.4%
Area: 52.5 km²
LGD code: 121406

Villages of Luhapank

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Luhapank	168	682	75.9%	23%	2%
Baisnabajholi	115	477	36.8%	2%	67%
Betgarh	97	463	70.3%	6%	11%
Charbhati	117	451	74.9%	0%	40%
Kutasingha	91	381	75.4%	10%	6%
Hemamura	89	369	67.9%	19%	12%
Mahalinga(san)	73	296	80.7%	13%	29%
Kharsali	56	257	59.9%	15%	62%
Angarpoda	51	209	62.9%	0%	2%
Pitanali	47	195	41.2%	2%	1%
Kendukhupuli	42	188	67.9%	0%	71%
Maulabhanja	52	184	79.5%	0%	1%
Nahianpali (Nayapali)	37	166	41.2%	0%	84%
Sadhumunda	37	165	38.2%	10%	19%
Jaripani	37	139	35.1%	0%	36%
Kusumkhol	33	137	31.9%	4%	55%
Budhipani	24	102	59.8%	0%	15%
Dalki	16	93	66.2%	0%	66%
Jharanpada (Nutan)	19	87	61.3%	39%	39%
Sampur	15	60	66.0%	0%	0%
Bankabahal	9	39	66.7%	0%	100%
Nabaghanpur	7	34	48.3%	0%	100%
Jadumanipatana	8	25	78.9%	0%	0%
Jhintikakhol	4	20	80.0%	0%	30%
Gadumunda	4	15	57.1%	0%	0%
Ambpaluninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Kudopasiuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Nayapalinutanuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Siaberniuninhabited	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 Luhapank

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,234; 2,604 male · 2,630 female
Households: 1,248; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 63.4%; below Rairakhol block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,010; above Rairakhol block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6: 733; 14.0% of residents
Workers: 2,743; 52.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 439 (8.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,510 (28.8%)

What the 2,743 workers did

Cultivators381 (13.9%)
Agricultural labourers70 (2.6%)
Household industry339 (12.4%)
Other work455 (16.6%)
Marginal workers1,498 (54.6%)

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 Luhapank

How many of the 25 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 29 villages cover 53 km², 27% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

Primary school15 of 25
Middle school5 of 25
Secondary school3 of 25
Senior secondary school0 of 25
Degree college0 of 25

Health

Primary health centre0 of 25
Health sub-centre1 of 25
Anganwadi centre13 of 25

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 25
Hand pump25 of 25
Electricity for homes24 of 25

Roads & transport

All-weather road22 of 25
Public bus7 of 25
Mobile phone coverage22 of 25

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 25
Commercial bank0 of 25
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 25
Weekly haat0 of 25

Primary schools: 21
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (23), Pulses (16), Biri (15).

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 Rairakhol block

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