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Gram panchayat · Balisankara block · Sundargarh

Kinjirkela gram panchayat

Kinjirkela is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balisankara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,409 people in 1,171 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,409
Literacy
72.2%
Area
18 km²
LGD code
121527

Villages of Kinjirkela

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kinjirikella8613,23374.0%12%55%
Kupatangar2971,11968.1%12%53%
Kumbhakani ( R.F.)135743.8%0%100%

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 Kinjirkela

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,409
2,186 male · 2,223 female
Households
1,171
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.2%
above Balisankara block's villages (67.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,017
below Balisankara block's villages (1,036)
Children aged 0–6
534
12.1% of residents
Workers
2,081
47.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
537 (12.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,428 (55.1%)

What the 2,081 workers did

  • Cultivators176 (8.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers137 (6.6%)
  • Household industry51 (2.5%)
  • Other work304 (14.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,413 (67.9%)

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 Kinjirkela

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 18 km², 67% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school1 of 3
  • Degree college1 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus2 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Ground Nuts (2), Black Gram (2). Handicrafts: Tailoring (1), Pottery (1), Carpentery (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 Balisankara block

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