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Gram panchayat · Hemgir block · Sundargarh

Munderkhet gram panchayat

Munderkhet is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hemgir block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 2,615 people in 608 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sundargarh assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
2,615
Literacy
76.9%
Area
11.5 km²
LGD code
121605

Villages of Munderkhet

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chhatabar2341,11178.6%18%33%
Mundelkheta23297076.3%11%42%
Podajalanga8434776.5%0%27%
Ghogarpali5818771.1%1%9%

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 Munderkhet

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,615
1,334 male · 1,281 female
Households
608
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.9%
above Hemgir block's villages (74.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
960
below Hemgir block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
273
10.4% of residents
Workers
1,467
56.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
311 (11.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
884 (33.8%)

What the 1,467 workers did

  • Cultivators314 (21.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers151 (10.3%)
  • Household industry11 (0.7%)
  • Other work232 (15.8%)
  • Marginal workers759 (51.7%)

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 Munderkhet

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 11 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 15% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus2 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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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