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Gram panchayat · Chhendipada block · Angul

Basantapur gram panchayat

Basantapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Chhendipada block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 2,962 people in 714 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chhendipada assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
2,962
Literacy
76.6%
Area
7.9 km²
LGD code
115636

Villages of Basantapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Deuria jharan2871,24469.4%41%24%
Ghuntulipasi23397680.0%39%3%
Basantapur19474283.3%3%3%

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 Basantapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,962
1,481 male · 1,481 female
Households
714
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.6%
above Chhendipada block's villages (73.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,000
above Chhendipada block's villages (955)
Children aged 0–6
382
12.9% of residents
Workers
1,222
41.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
914 (30.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
346 (11.7%)

What the 1,222 workers did

  • Cultivators287 (23.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers287 (23.5%)
  • Household industry260 (21.3%)
  • Other work134 (11.0%)
  • Marginal workers254 (20.8%)

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 Basantapur

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 8 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road3 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Black Gram (4), Paddy (3), Sesmum (1), Green Gram (1).

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 Chhendipada block

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