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Gram panchayat · Kuarmunda block · Sundargarh

Dumerjore gram panchayat

Dumerjore is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kuarmunda block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,065 people in 1,134 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Biramitrapur assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,065
Literacy
66.7%
Area
33.9 km²
LGD code
121626

Villages of Dumerjore

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Usra5242,81766.9%10%77%
Dumerjor2191,19063.5%1%90%
Baniguni18191468.0%14%84%
Bankibahal8747572.6%0%97%
Mandaria6836172.2%0%100%
Kheraposh5530857.1%0%93%

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 Dumerjore

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,065
3,030 male · 3,035 female
Households
1,134
about 5.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
66.7%
above Kuarmunda block's villages (64.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,002
about the same as Kuarmunda block's villages (1,004)
Children aged 0–6
785
12.9% of residents
Workers
2,239
36.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
415 (6.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
5,108 (84.2%)

What the 2,239 workers did

  • Cultivators236 (10.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers90 (4.0%)
  • Household industry13 (0.6%)
  • Other work1,336 (59.7%)
  • Marginal workers564 (25.2%)

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 Dumerjore

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 34 km², 39% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school4 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre2 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Ground Nuts (4), Wheat (1), Mustard (1).

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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