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Gram panchayat · Bargaon block · Sundargarh

Dandajamira gram panchayat

Dandajamira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bargaon block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,555 people in 818 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,555
Literacy
68.2%
Area
17.3 km²
LGD code
121540

Villages of Dandajamira

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dandjamira3361,38373.8%10%52%
Jajpur2671,23364.1%7%79%
Gargadbahal21593964.9%4%79%

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 Dandajamira

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,555
1,771 male · 1,784 female
Households
818
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.2%
below Bargaon block's villages (69.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,007
about the same as Bargaon block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
440
12.4% of residents
Workers
2,069
58.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
269 (7.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,440 (68.6%)

What the 2,069 workers did

  • Cultivators232 (11.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers206 (10.0%)
  • Household industry4 (0.2%)
  • Other work279 (13.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,348 (65.2%)

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 Dandajamira

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 17 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 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 road0 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Sesame (3), Vegetable (3).

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 Bargaon block

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