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Gram panchayat · Balisankara block · Sundargarh

Tumlia gram panchayat

Tumlia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balisankara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 7,056 people in 1,834 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
7,056
Literacy
67.0%
Area
31.2 km²
LGD code
121536

Villages of Tumlia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tumulia8583,31166.8%10%52%
Sankara4461,74272.5%16%55%
Sapdagar26399965.1%7%58%
Fataimunda22983961.5%9%65%
Sankumudaphal3816552.1%0%62%

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 Tumlia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,056
3,501 male · 3,555 female
Households
1,834
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.0%
about the same as Balisankara block's villages (67.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,015
below Balisankara block's villages (1,036)
Children aged 0–6
808
11.5% of residents
Workers
3,390
48.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
757 (10.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,905 (55.3%)

What the 3,390 workers did

  • Cultivators662 (19.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers332 (9.8%)
  • Household industry23 (0.7%)
  • Other work435 (12.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,938 (57.2%)

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 Tumlia

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 31 km², 61% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre2 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes4 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 5
  • Public bus1 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Ground Nuts (5), Black Gram (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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