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Kulta gram panchayat

Kulta is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sundargarh block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,876 people in 1,457 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sundargarh assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,876
Literacy
72.6%
Area
33.6 km²
LGD code
121762

Villages of Kulta

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Fillingbahal3691,63771.1%16%59%
Kulta3261,24272.1%11%40%
Bijadehi16157677.3%18%32%
Ghumunda13355867.8%8%42%
Lamti12448876.6%1%48%
Gailjhumpa10743768.5%0%98%
Bauridehi8036868.3%0%99%
Kaputikra8731579.4%19%25%
Kuanrmal7025580.0%7%65%

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 Kulta

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,876
2,963 male · 2,913 female
Households
1,457
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.6%
below Sundargarh block's villages (73.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
983
below Sundargarh block's villages (996)
Children aged 0–6
619
10.5% of residents
Workers
3,380
57.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
631 (10.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,164 (53.8%)

What the 3,380 workers did

  • Cultivators753 (22.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers426 (12.6%)
  • Household industry19 (0.6%)
  • Other work340 (10.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,842 (54.5%)

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 Kulta

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 34 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 17% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school3 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Sundargarh block

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