Gram panchayat · Kaniha block · Angul

Baliposi gram panchayat

Baliposi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kaniha block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 7,608 people in 1,801 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pallahara assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 7,608
Literacy: 76.8%
Area: 12.7 km²
LGD code: 115669

Villages of Baliposi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Palasbahaliuninhabited	179	997	79.7%	9%	36%
Barapada	267	964	76.9%	24%	1%
Kaliadama	152	914	86.3%	18%	32%
Suajhari	199	814	87.3%	18%	0%
Sansamara	187	761	80.5%	49%	17%
Lodhajhari	146	636	65.9%	42%	14%
Balipasi	154	575	77.9%	30%	3%
Nialu	137	520	74.5%	20%	3%
Katarapali	115	383	87.1%	26%	0%
Kuadara	78	310	81.4%	7%	26%
Naktideula	73	309	17.1%	100%	0%
Jhankarpasi	34	115	57.1%	2%	37%
Biswalmunda	21	102	46.8%	14%	36%
Andhari	27	95	66.3%	0%	67%
Sankarpur	17	61	80.4%	0%	0%
Luhamunda	15	52	77.6%	100%	0%
Balarampur	0	0	–	–	–
Barakholuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Jagamohanpuruninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Suniapasiuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–

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 Baliposi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,608; 4,015 male · 3,593 female
Households: 1,801; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 76.8%; below Kaniha block's villages (78.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 895; below Kaniha block's villages (915)
Children aged 0–6: 900; 11.8% of residents
Workers: 3,287; 43.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,032 (26.7%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,144 (15.0%)

What the 3,287 workers did

Cultivators145 (4.4%)
Agricultural labourers148 (4.5%)
Household industry32 (1.0%)
Other work151 (4.6%)
Marginal workers2,811 (85.5%)

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 Baliposi

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 13 km², 34% of it sown with crops and 43% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 16
Middle school6 of 16
Secondary school2 of 16
Senior secondary school1 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre0 of 16
Anganwadi centre12 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes15 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road13 of 16
Public bus0 of 16
Mobile phone coverage14 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 16
Weekly haat1 of 16

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Black Gram (16).

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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