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Gram panchayat · Agalpur block · Balangir

Budula gram panchayat

Budula is a gram panchayat (village council) in Agalpur block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 7,471 people in 2,069 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Loisingha assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
7,471
Literacy
67.2%
Area
26.3 km²
LGD code
115765

Villages of Budula

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rengali5221,86169.8%23%6%
Budula3971,26373.1%13%10%
Mahakhand2831,05869.6%27%9%
Haladipadar16264561.5%21%10%
Buromunda14256950.9%27%0%
Guhiramunda14053768.2%31%1%
Pudapadar14649268.1%17%24%
Bhoipali12343860.1%7%5%
Gondpali8332567.1%7%72%
Dengjuri7128368.0%16%42%

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 Budula

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,471
3,720 male · 3,751 female
Households
2,069
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.2%
below Agalpur block's villages (69.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,008
above Agalpur block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
860
11.5% of residents
Workers
3,685
49.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,515 (20.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
908 (12.2%)

What the 3,685 workers did

  • Cultivators712 (19.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers616 (16.7%)
  • Household industry73 (2.0%)
  • Other work294 (8.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,990 (54.0%)

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 Budula

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 26 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 10
  • Middle school6 of 10
  • Secondary school2 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre1 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes9 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 10
  • Public bus0 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
13
Middle schools
7
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Almonds (8), Vegetables (7), Vegetable (2), Pulses (1), Ground Nut (1), Ground Nuts (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 Agalpur block

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