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Gram panchayat · Lathikata block · Sundargarh

Lungei gram panchayat

Lungei is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lathikata block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,384 people in 1,173 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
5,384
Literacy
69.5%
Area
5.8 km²
LGD code
275331

Villages of Lungei

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Lungei5132,43071.0%3%66%
Beldihi4171,84968.0%15%57%
Kalokudar2431,10568.9%1%90%

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 Lungei

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,384
2,693 male · 2,691 female
Households
1,173
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.5%
above Lathikata block's villages (66.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
999
about the same as Lathikata block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6
791
14.7% of residents
Workers
1,957
36.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
362 (6.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,669 (68.1%)

What the 1,957 workers did

  • Cultivators109 (5.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers19 (1.0%)
  • Household industry279 (14.3%)
  • Other work1,047 (53.5%)
  • Marginal workers503 (25.7%)

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 Lungei

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 6 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
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 (3), Wheat (3), Mustard (3).

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 Lathikata block

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