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Gram panchayat · Kuarmunda block · Sundargarh

Andhari gram panchayat

Andhari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kuarmunda block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,741 people in 1,028 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Biramitrapur assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,741
Literacy
60.3%
Area
21 km²
LGD code
121624

Villages of Andhari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Banki3371,47162.9%10%81%
Ghaghari2761,35955.8%0%94%
Dhanginacha2761,31059.1%1%69%
Andhari13960166.1%12%69%

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 Andhari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,741
2,397 male · 2,344 female
Households
1,028
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.3%
below Kuarmunda block's villages (64.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
978
below Kuarmunda block's villages (1,004)
Children aged 0–6
689
14.5% of residents
Workers
1,791
37.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
240 (5.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,782 (79.8%)

What the 1,791 workers did

  • Cultivators429 (24.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers31 (1.7%)
  • Household industry23 (1.3%)
  • Other work266 (14.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,042 (58.2%)

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 Andhari

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 21 km², 40% of it sown with crops and 33% 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-centre2 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 road2 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) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Wheat (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 Kuarmunda block

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