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Gram panchayat · Rajgangpur block · Sundargarh

Panposh gram panchayat

Panposh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajgangpur block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 1,534 people in 317 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajgangpur assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
1,534
Literacy
55.4%
Area
23.6 km²
LGD code
121739

Villages of Panposh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kadambahal12758261.4%1%98%
Kalodih11254657.9%0%100%
Ramlata4224245.3%0%100%
Dungajore3616438.8%0%96%
Panposh (CT)–––––

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 Panposh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,534
756 male · 778 female
Households
317
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
55.4%
below Rajgangpur block's villages (65.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,029
above Rajgangpur block's villages (1,009)
Children aged 0–6
257
16.8% of residents
Workers
740
48.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
5 (0.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,515 (98.8%)

What the 740 workers did

  • Cultivators125 (16.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers1 (0.1%)
  • Household industry9 (1.2%)
  • Other work177 (23.9%)
  • Marginal workers428 (57.8%)

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 Panposh

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 24 km², 14% of it sown with crops and 34% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school0 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes1 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Rajgangpur block

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