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Mirdhapali gram panchayat

Mirdhapali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balangir block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 5,088 people in 1,222 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bolangir assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
5,088
Literacy
67.0%
Area
14.8 km²
LGD code
115793

Villages of Mirdhapali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kagaon3541,37069.1%15%5%
Mirdhapali2711,14662.4%18%17%
Barkani19890265.9%21%13%
Tulandi16566157.8%34%16%
Dhubaudar11451372.5%38%0%
Baxiudar12049680.4%4%1%

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 Mirdhapali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,088
2,618 male · 2,470 female
Households
1,222
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.0%
about the same as Balangir block's villages (67.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
943
below Balangir block's villages (973)
Children aged 0–6
585
11.5% of residents
Workers
1,917
37.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,034 (20.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
499 (9.8%)

What the 1,917 workers did

  • Cultivators451 (23.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers217 (11.3%)
  • Household industry41 (2.1%)
  • Other work744 (38.8%)
  • Marginal workers464 (24.2%)

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 Mirdhapali

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 6 villages cover 15 km², 48% of it sown with crops and 17% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road6 of 6
  • Public bus4 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Vegetables (4), Cotton (2), Pulses (2), Mung (2), Vegetable (1), Groundnut (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 Balangir block

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