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Gram panchayat · Hemgir block · Sundargarh

Sanghumunda gram panchayat

Sanghumunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hemgir block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,327 people in 834 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sundargarh assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,327
Literacy
74.4%
Area
27.5 km²
LGD code
121606

Villages of Sanghumunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kiripashira26198268.6%24%59%
Sharabahala10747567.1%6%87%
Dulinga9838184.8%18%25%
Ghumuda(Sana)8636382.3%8%67%
Khuntijharia7630073.3%2%52%
Majhapada7528482.9%18%12%
Khapurikachhara6427276.6%17%40%
Beladihi6727071.9%0%63%

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 Sanghumunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,327
1,700 male · 1,627 female
Households
834
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
74.4%
about the same as Hemgir block's villages (74.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
957
below Hemgir block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
378
11.4% of residents
Workers
1,926
57.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
463 (13.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,793 (53.9%)

What the 1,926 workers did

  • Cultivators472 (24.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers169 (8.8%)
  • Household industry24 (1.2%)
  • Other work187 (9.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,074 (55.8%)

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 Sanghumunda

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 28 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 32% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school5 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).

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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