Gram panchayat · Lahunipara block · Sundargarh

Darjing gram panchayat

Darjing is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lahunipara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 8,933 people in 1,913 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bonai assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 8,933
Literacy: 60.6%
Area: 51.7 km²
LGD code: 121661

Villages of Darjing

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gaudiniposh	155	834	53.2%	0%	58%
Saleipali	147	737	54.9%	0%	81%
Darging	164	720	65.4%	14%	68%
Kariadihi	154	720	61.7%	7%	68%
Saleidihi	171	687	74.0%	0%	30%
Thiaberna	151	670	61.3%	4%	62%
Birtola	110	511	52.1%	9%	88%
Mahisichhapal	105	474	66.2%	0%	50%
Ludhuni	95	445	48.2%	20%	68%
Badsahajbahal	76	435	73.7%	0%	86%
Jambhirdihi	85	378	63.0%	0%	100%
Balisuda	65	358	58.2%	0%	100%
Madhupur	74	333	58.0%	3%	92%
Koilijhar	62	312	55.8%	26%	61%
Mohura	65	289	47.4%	0%	97%
Sansahajbahal	60	289	64.9%	0%	96%
Kudapada	64	223	88.7%	1%	0%
Dhenkiam	38	179	57.0%	18%	59%
Angarapada	38	156	54.7%	15%	85%
Sanbirtola	21	110	49.5%	0%	87%
Gahami	13	73	37.7%	0%	99%

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 Darjing

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,933; 4,367 male · 4,566 female
Households: 1,913; about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 60.6%; above Lahunipara block's villages (59.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,046; above Lahunipara block's villages (1,010)
Children aged 0–6: 1,571; 17.6% of residents
Workers: 4,768; 53.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 454 (5.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 6,236 (69.8%)

What the 4,768 workers did

Cultivators1,474 (30.9%)
Agricultural labourers533 (11.2%)
Household industry102 (2.1%)
Other work544 (11.4%)
Marginal workers2,115 (44.4%)

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 Darjing

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 52 km², 32% of it sown with crops and 22% forest.

Education

Primary school20 of 21
Middle school8 of 21
Secondary school5 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre2 of 21
Anganwadi centre20 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump21 of 21
Electricity for homes16 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road16 of 21
Public bus4 of 21
Mobile phone coverage19 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 21
Weekly haat1 of 21

Primary schools: 21
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 6
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21), Wheat (10), Biri (4), Bazara (4), Pulses (3), Kulatha (2), Rashi (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 Lahunipara block

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