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Gram panchayat · Hemgir block · Sundargarh

Duduka gram panchayat

Duduka is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hemgir block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,529 people in 845 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sundargarh assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,529
Literacy
75.7%
Area
24.4 km²
LGD code
121593

Villages of Duduka

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Barapali3571,56371.6%18%43%
Duduka23195984.9%5%40%
Balichua (Bad)18171470.3%8%68%
Kundara7428579.0%0%76%
Balichua(San)28100.0%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 Duduka

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,529
1,791 male · 1,738 female
Households
845
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.7%
above Hemgir block's villages (74.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
970
below Hemgir block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
402
11.4% of residents
Workers
1,966
55.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
390 (11.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,753 (49.7%)

What the 1,966 workers did

  • Cultivators292 (14.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers106 (5.4%)
  • Household industry4 (0.2%)
  • Other work411 (20.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,153 (58.6%)

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 Duduka

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 24 km², 29% of it sown with crops and 34% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump4 of 5
  • Electricity for homes4 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus3 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).

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 Hemgir block

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