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Gram panchayat · Belpara block · Balangir

Belpada gram panchayat

Belpada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Belpara block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 11,040 people in 2,536 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
11,040
Literacy
69.1%
Area
17.4 km²
LGD code
115825

Villages of Belpada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Belpara2,1359,45472.8%21%8%
Padampur4011,58646.2%22%6%

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 Belpada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
11,040
5,765 male · 5,275 female
Households
2,536
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.1%
above Belpara block's villages (56.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
915
below Belpara block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
1,324
12.0% of residents
Workers
4,427
40.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,297 (20.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
817 (7.4%)

What the 4,427 workers did

  • Cultivators547 (12.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,016 (23.0%)
  • Household industry266 (6.0%)
  • Other work1,502 (33.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,096 (24.8%)

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 Belpada

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 17 km², 18% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college1 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus1 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank1 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
2
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Sugarcane (2), Cotton (2).

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 Belpara block

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