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Gram panchayat · Lephripara block · Sundargarh

Dumabahal gram panchayat

Dumabahal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lephripara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,632 people in 939 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,632
Literacy
65.1%
Area
19.8 km²
LGD code
121695

Villages of Dumabahal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dumabahal3741,31667.3%11%57%
Karanjkhol19179165.9%4%95%
Mahulpali13048869.7%6%65%
Luthurkend8540057.4%0%93%
Sipukachhar9436957.3%16%70%
Beheramal4620067.4%3%71%
Gunjakhol145456.0%0%100%
Kadalijharia51457.1%0%71%

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 Dumabahal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,632
1,771 male · 1,861 female
Households
939
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.1%
below Lephripara block's villages (68.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,051
above Lephripara block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
409
11.3% of residents
Workers
2,093
57.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
277 (7.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,660 (73.2%)

What the 2,093 workers did

  • Cultivators274 (13.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers214 (10.2%)
  • Household industry88 (4.2%)
  • Other work115 (5.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,402 (67.0%)

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 Dumabahal

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 20 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 22% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 8
  • Middle school2 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 centre6 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes6 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 8
  • Public bus4 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).

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 Lephripara block

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