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Badagundri gram panchayat

Badagundri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kaniha block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,110 people in 1,303 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talcher assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,110
Literacy
80.1%
Area
21 km²
LGD code
115666

Villages of Badagundri

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bada Gunduri5172,01778.2%29%0%
Bainda3141,31487.0%27%22%
Badahira17064888.0%50%0%
Debhuin13954467.6%18%0%
Luhamara9736765.8%1%0%
Joradanga6622086.9%0%0%
Badabirabarpuruninhabited00–––
Ghasiapasiuninhabited00–––
Kalyanpuruninhabited00–––

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 Badagundri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,110
2,640 male · 2,470 female
Households
1,303
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.1%
above Kaniha block's villages (78.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
936
above Kaniha block's villages (915)
Children aged 0–6
597
11.7% of residents
Workers
2,357
46.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,373 (26.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
291 (5.7%)

What the 2,357 workers did

  • Cultivators260 (11.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers32 (1.4%)
  • Household industry31 (1.3%)
  • Other work324 (13.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,710 (72.5%)

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 Badagundri

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 21 km², 61% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6).

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 Kaniha block

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