Gram panchayat · Lahunipara block · Sundargarh

Kurda gram panchayat

Kurda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lahunipara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 22 villages, home to 7,432 people in 1,871 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bonai assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 22
Population (2011): 7,432
Literacy: 58.4%
Area: 45.8 km²
LGD code: 121668

Villages of Kurda

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Nischintipur	258	1,001	52.3%	2%	69%
Kurda	256	931	59.5%	17%	50%
Tankajoda	198	796	49.6%	0%	90%
Brahmangaon	112	463	71.5%	17%	21%
Bhaliadihi	72	416	50.9%	4%	88%
Lalei	107	416	67.2%	0%	17%
Ramaruda	90	376	60.2%	0%	78%
Amatpali	85	363	54.2%	32%	43%
Baldihi	102	356	68.1%	3%	42%
Fuljhar	73	314	65.1%	1%	65%
Hatibahal	78	312	52.3%	2%	90%
Jaldihi	76	292	62.9%	2%	39%
Belkudar	68	285	54.4%	18%	74%
Khendraposh	69	258	58.7%	0%	62%
Madhupur	66	223	66.7%	0%	28%
Kododihi	67	216	63.9%	0%	25%
Gundichanali	32	134	58.5%	0%	60%
Talakudar	26	119	45.9%	0%	54%
Sanhatibahal	19	80	40.0%	0%	91%
Khadiakudar	10	44	92.1%	0%	100%
Sanbhaliadihi	6	32	60.0%	0%	100%
Singardei	1	5	75.0%	0%	0%

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 Kurda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,432; 3,675 male · 3,757 female
Households: 1,871; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 58.4%; about the same as Lahunipara block's villages (59.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,022; above Lahunipara block's villages (1,010)
Children aged 0–6: 1,149; 15.5% of residents
Workers: 4,212; 56.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 473 (6.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,386 (59.0%)

What the 4,212 workers did

Cultivators1,044 (24.8%)
Agricultural labourers230 (5.5%)
Household industry34 (0.8%)
Other work397 (9.4%)
Marginal workers2,507 (59.5%)

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 Kurda

How many of the 22 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 22 villages cover 46 km², 1% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

Primary school18 of 22
Middle school7 of 22
Secondary school3 of 22
Senior secondary school0 of 22
Degree college0 of 22

Health

Primary health centre0 of 22
Health sub-centre3 of 22
Anganwadi centre18 of 22

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 22
Hand pump22 of 22
Electricity for homes18 of 22

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 22
Public bus4 of 22
Mobile phone coverage21 of 22

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 22
Commercial bank0 of 22
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 22
Weekly haat0 of 22

Primary schools: 18
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (22), Pulses (20), Mandia (20), Wheat (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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