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Summary of Village Profile

Name of Project: DHENKANAL; MANTRA
Name of Districts: DHENKANAL
Block: Bhubana
Gram Panchyat: Surapratappur
Village: Kundiguda

Demographic Situation:
Live Birth in 6 Still Birth in 6
Demographic Information
Village Months Months
HHs GEN SC BPL Male Female Male Female Male Female
Kundigada 103 33 70 64 435 369 2 1 0 0

* HHs: Households, SC: Scheduled Caste BPL: Below Poverty Line

As the above table shows, the village of Kundiguda is made up of 103 households.
Amongst these households, 70 families belong to Scheduled Caste (SC). The
remaining 33 households come under General Category. Of the 103 households,
64 (or 61%) are designated as BPL (Below Poverty Line).

In total, 804 people live in Kundiguda, of which 435 (54%) are male and 369
(46%) are female. Over the last 6 months, there have been 3 live births (2 male
and 1 female) and 3 deaths (2 male and 1 female). All deaths were of natural
causes.

Literacy and Education Status

Details of Schooling
# of Age
Village
Literate Group <5 5 th
6 -7th th
8th -9th 10th College Total
5-10 24 30 39 93
Kundigada 213 10-15 24 54 78
>15 42 42

As the above table shows, 213 people (or 65% of total population) are literate. Out
of these literates, 93 (44%) are in the age group of 5-10 years, 78 (37%) are in the

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age group 10-15 years and the remaining 42 (19%) are in the age group of > 15
years and continuing their studies.

MLA/
Swajaldha Indira Awas Savings Self # of Groups
MP
Village SGSY PMGSY ra/ RGGVY NREGS yojana (# and Help linked to
LAD
Jaldhara of families) Credit Group bank
funds
Kundigada Yes 12 0 5 5
Government and Developmental Schemes (In last 3 years)

* SGSY: Swarna Gramya Swarojagar Yojana,

PMGSY: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
NREGS: National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
IAY: Indira Awas yojana

This table shows the government and other development schemes active in
Kundiguda. Looking at the above information, it is clear that there is an absence
of development activities in the village. Government schemes, such as
Swajaldhara-Jaldhara and NREGS, are absent. PMGSY is the only government
scheme that the villagers have access to, whilst under IAY, only 12 families (18%)
have been able to benefit.

Savings – Credit and SHGs:

In Kundiguda, 5 Self Help Groups (SHGs) are active, with an average

membership of 18 members.

Distance of Educational Facilities:

Primary Middle High

Village Anganwadi Intermediate College RS AEC
School School School

Kundigada In Village In Village In village In village 6-10km 6-10km N/A N/A

* RS: Residential School, AEC: Adult Education Centers, N/A: Not Available

The above table shows the available educational facilities and their distance from
the village. The Anganwadi center is located in the village. The Primary School,
Middle School and High School are also situated in the village. For those students

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willing to go onto higher education, they must travel 6-10km to reach the nearest
college. There village does not have facilities such as a Residential School or an
Adult Education Centre in the village.

Health Status:
As we can see, over the last 6
No of people affected in various diseases in
last 6 m onths months 28 people (3%) were
Worms
21%
Malaria affected by disease.
32%

Scabies
11% In the village, Malaria is
responsible for the highest
Typhoid
7% Diarrhoea percentage of illness with a
29% total of 32% of people infected
Malaria Diarrhoea Typhoid Scabies Worms in the last 6 months. This is
closely followed by Diarrhea
(29%) and Worms (21%). Scabies (11%) and Typhoid (7%) account for the
remaining causes of illness. It should be remembered that this table represents
only the reported figures – incidence of disease is likely to be much higher.

Further detail of those affected is given in the below table.

Village Malaria Diarrhea Typhoid Jaundice Scabies Worms

Kundigada 9 8 2 0 3 6

Distance of Health Facilities

Main
Village PHC A-PHC DDC TH TBA ANM ASHA
Hospital

Kundigada 11-20 11-20 >20 1-5 In village In Village In Village In Village

* PHC: Primary Health Centers, A-PHC: Additional PHC,

DDC: Drug Distribution Centers, TH: Traditional Healer
TBA: Trained Birth Attendant, ANM:
ASHA: Accredited Social Health Activist NA: Not Available

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The above table represents the distance of Health facilities from the village. The
average distance of PHC and A-PHC from the village is 11-20 Km. For the main
hospital, the average distance from the village is >20km. The DDC is situated at a
distance of 1-5 Km. Facilities such as a Traditional Healer, TBA, ANM and ASHA
are all available in the village of Kundiguda.

Mobility and Commercial Infrastructure:

Distance Distance from the Villages

from Bus Police
Village Railway Post PDS
Pakka Service Station/ Bank Market Panchayat
Road Station Office Facility
Sub-station Office
In 11-20
Kundigada 1-5 km Private >50 km 21-50 km 11-20 km <5 km <5 km
village km

* PDS: Public Distribution System

The village is situated at a distance of <5 Km from the Pukka road. There is no
government bus service, only private vehicles are available in the village. The
railway station is at a distance of > 50 Km from Kundiguda village. The police
station is located at a distance of 21-50 km from the village. The bank and market
facilities are available at a distance of 11-20 km from the village. The Panchayat
Office and PDS are located at less than 5 km from the village. There is a post
office situated in the village.

Major Source of Income:

Source of Income
Village
1 2 3
Barapalli Agriculture Wage Labour Business

*1, 2 and 3: Major source of Income in order, 1: stands as being the 1 st choice followed by 2 and 3
respectively

As shown above, agriculture is the primary occupation of inhabitants of all the

three villages followed by wage labour, business and service.

Land Ownership and Electricity Facilities in the Villages:

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Land ownership (in Acres) Electricity

Village
Land
<2.5 2.5 to 5 >5 Yes No Phase
Less
Kundigada 2 28 26 47 Yes Single

The above table presents the land possession status as well as electricity facilities
available in the village.

Land Ownership Status:

This chart presents the type of land ownership in the village. For the purpose of
the graph, land ownership has been
divided into those who are Landless, 2%

Marginal Farmers (<2.5 acres), Small 27%

Farmers (2.5-5 Acres), and Large 45%

Farmers (>5 Acres).

26%

In total, 2% of families are Marginal

Farmers with a land possession of <2.5
Ma rgina l fa rme rs ( <2.5 a c e rs) S ma ll fa rme rs (2.5- 5 a c e rs)

Acres, followed by 27% families with La rge fa r me rs (>5 a c e rs) La nd le ss

2.5 to 5 acres of land possession. 26% of families are Landless and the remaining
45% have >5 Acres of land possession. All the villages have electricity and single
phase.

Energy Used In Villages:

In this village, multiple sources of energy are used, with the villagers mainly
depending on wood and LPG for their energy.

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Type of Houses:

With respect to the type of houses

Type of Houses
in the village, Kutcha represents by
Pukka
far the most prominent form, with
13%
87% of households using this type
of house, while 13% have a Pukka
house.
Kutcha
87%

Pukka Kutcha

Source of Drinking Water:

Source of Water # of Source Available Average Quality

Pond 2 Bad
Hand Pump 3 Average
Open well 4 Average

The table above presents the available source of drinking water and the quality
of water in the village. In total, there are 2 ponds, 3 Hand pumps and 2 open
wells. People depend upon these water sources for their drinking purposes.
However, on average the quality of water in these water sources is either average
or bad for the purpose of drinking. Despite this poor quality, people spend
around 1.5-2hrs/day fetching water. This burden rests mainly on women and
children in the family.

Other Assets in the Villages:

Category # of Assets %/ House Holds

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Mobile Phone 93 90
Motor -Cycle 7 7
Tractor 2 1
Television 45 44
Bicycle 35 34

The table presents the assets people have in the village. In total, there are 93
mobile phones, 7 Motor Cycles, 35 Bicycles and 45 Televisions.

Conclusion

The inhabitants of village Kundiguda are motivated to implement MANTRA

with 100 percent inclusion of all families. Despite limited economic resources,
the villagers are prepared to change their behavior regarding sanitation and
hygiene practices in order to access the benefit of having a piped clean water
supply in the village. Community leadership is traditional, and there is apparent
unity amongst the different households. This is shown by the practice of sharing
labour for other collective purposes which is common in the village.

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