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Gram panchayat · Tarbha block · Subarnapur

Kamsara gram panchayat

Kamsara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tarbha block of Subarnapur district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 4,299 people in 1,049 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sonepur assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
4,299
Literacy
64.5%
Area
14.9 km²
LGD code
121495

Villages of Kamsara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kamsara4802,00065.9%32%8%
Badjor21085953.1%1%5%
Jamkani8837168.1%6%52%
Patharteka10136174.5%23%23%
Koyapadar7130968.6%7%1%
Sagarpali5622269.5%45%35%
Sagarpali jungle146659.6%12%71%
Jamkani jungle146560.4%78%8%
Mahulpali154665.0%0%100%
Chheliadungri00–––
Kamsara jungle00–––

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 Kamsara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,299
2,158 male · 2,141 female
Households
1,049
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.5%
below Tarbha block's villages (67.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
992
about the same as Tarbha block's villages (989)
Children aged 0–6
572
13.3% of residents
Workers
1,907
44.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
939 (21.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
662 (15.4%)

What the 1,907 workers did

  • Cultivators488 (25.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers578 (30.3%)
  • Household industry15 (0.8%)
  • Other work252 (13.2%)
  • Marginal workers574 (30.1%)

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 Kamsara

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 15 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 9
  • Middle school2 of 9
  • Secondary school2 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump8 of 9
  • Electricity for homes6 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Tarbha block

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