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Gram panchayat · Lephripara block · Sundargarh

Hurmei gram panchayat

Hurmei is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lephripara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,074 people in 941 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,074
Literacy
63.2%
Area
36.8 km²
LGD code
121698

Villages of Hurmei

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Hurmey2311,07163.6%0%83%
Dandpani2631,04960.2%0%78%
Sarda16273867.1%6%40%
Suanjore15361456.2%0%99%
Magarkunda13260269.7%0%100%

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 Hurmei

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,074
2,054 male · 2,020 female
Households
941
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.2%
below Lephripara block's villages (68.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
983
below Lephripara block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
527
12.9% of residents
Workers
2,155
52.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
45 (1.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,206 (78.7%)

What the 2,155 workers did

  • Cultivators367 (17.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers426 (19.8%)
  • Household industry1 (0.0%)
  • Other work70 (3.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,291 (59.9%)

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 Hurmei

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 37 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school0 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes2 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).

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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