Village Potential Statistics of Karo Regency 2024

Statistics Indonesia has carried out data collection on Village Potential (Podes) 2024 in May 2024 in a census of all regency/municipalities, subdistricts, and the lowest government administrative areas at the village level. The village-level administrative areas covered by Podes include villages, kelurahan, nagari in West Sumatra, the Transmigration Settlement Unit (UPT), and the Transmigration Settlement Unit (SPT) which are still being fostered by the relevant ministries. The results of the 2024 Podes data collection noted that 84.276 government administrative areas at the village level consisted of 75.753 villages, 8.486 kelurahan, and 37 UPT/SPT. In addition, it is also known that the number of subdistricts is 7.281 and the number of regencies/cities is 514. Podes 2024 collects a variety of information, both those are potential for villages/kelurahan, information related to vulnerabilities or challenges faced by villages/kelurahan, and basic infrastructure in village/kelurahan. Information related to the potential of the village/kelurahan includes: demography and employment, settlement and enironment, education, health, socio-culture, sports and entertainment, transportation, communication and information, economy, security, development and empowerment of the village/kelurahan community. Information related to vulnerabilities or challenges includes natural disasters, environmental pollution, social and health problems in the community, and security disturbances that occur in villages/kelurahan. Infrastructure information in villages/ kelurahan includes: education, health and economic infrastructure. The results of Podes 2024 shows that most of the villages/kelurahan in Indonesia have people working in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, namely 66.002 villages/kelurahan. In addition, there are 8.468 villages/ kelurahan where most of the people work in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicle and motorcycles, and there are 5.457 villages/kelurahan where most of the people work in the manufacturing industry. The number of village/kelurahan communities working in agriculture in Indonesia is supported by the presence of rivers, irrigation canals and reservoirs located in villages/kelurahan. Of the 84.276 villages/kelurahan in Indonesia, there are 67.050 villages/kelurahan with rivers, 36.685 villages/kelurahan with irrigation canals, and 10.857 villages/ kelurahan with embung. Podes 2024 shows the economic potential of villages/kelurahan, there are 23.300 villages/kelurahan that have superior goods products and as many as 2.412 villages/kelurahan that export their superior products to other countries. In supporting the movement of the economy, it is not only supported by physical facilities, but the support of credit facilities and telecommunication network facilities is important nowadays so that economic growth can be carried out faster. The results of Podes 2024 show that 60.963 villages/kelurahan have People’s Business Credit (KUR), 9.848 villages/kelurahan have Joint Business Credit (KUBE), 12.227 villages/kelurahan have Small Business Credit (KUK). The telecommunication network facilities covered by the Podes include the presence of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), cellular phone signals, and cellular/mobile phone internet signals. There are 81.159 villages/kelurahan that have a cellular phone signal, but 14.766 villages/kelurahan have weak signal strength, and there are still 3.117 villages/kelurahan that do not have a cellular phone signal in their area. Podes 2024 noted that there were 11.019 villages/kelurahan where water pollution occurred in their territory, there were 947 villages/kelurahan where soil pollution occurred in their territory, and there were 4.754 Village Potential Statistics of Karo Regency 2024 x villages/kelurahan where air pollution occurred in their territory. In addition to pollution incidents, Podes 2024 shows natural disasters in the village/kelurahan area, of which 14.260 villages/kelurahan experienced floods in their area, 7.158 villages/kelurahan experienced earthquakes in their area, and 6.493 villages/kelurahan experienced landslides. in its territory. Podes 2024 also provides various information related to the availability of infrastructure in various fields in Indonesia. In the field of education, at the elementary school level, it is known that there are 148.791 public and private elementary schools, and 28.193 public and private MI spread across villages/kelurahan in Indonesia. At the junior high school level, there are 42.440 public and private junior high schools and 19.716 public and private MTs spread across villages/kelurahan in Indonesia. At the high school level, there are 15.031 public and private SMAs, 10.165 public and private MAs, 14.646 public and private SMKs spread across villages/ kelurahan in Indonesia. At the academy/college level, there are 705 public academies/universities and there are 4.083 private academies/universities in Indonesia. In the health sector, Podes 2024 shows that there are 3.115 hospitals and 251 maternity hospitals in Indonesia, of which the province of West Java is the province that has the most hospitals in Indonesia, namely 433 hospitals and East Java is the province that has the most maternity hospital in Indonesia, namely 72 maternity hospitals. In addition to hospitals, the number of Indonesian Public Health Center (Puskesmas) facilities based on the 2024 Podes is 4.846 inpatient health centers and 5.730 health centers without hospitalization. The government prioritizes Indonesia’s development from the periphery by strengthening regions and villages within the framework of a unitary state. The results of Podes 2024 can be used as material for regional analysis related to the economic, social and regional facilities/infrastructure potential. In addition, it can also be used in program evaluation and used in the formulation of regional-based policies/strategies.