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Gram panchayat · Belpara block · Balangir

Bharuapali gram panchayat

Bharuapali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Belpara block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 5,215 people in 1,276 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
5,215
Literacy
48.7%
Area
18.3 km²
LGD code
115826

Villages of Bharuapali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bharuapali6762,74345.4%11%30%
Phulkani3671,46852.4%11%33%
Kharbahali12253146.7%13%20%
Sagunbhadi11147358.4%27%62%

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 Bharuapali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,215
2,611 male · 2,604 female
Households
1,276
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
48.7%
below Belpara block's villages (56.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
997
about the same as Belpara block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
930
17.8% of residents
Workers
2,665
51.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
651 (12.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,717 (32.9%)

What the 2,665 workers did

  • Cultivators550 (20.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers450 (16.9%)
  • Household industry3 (0.1%)
  • Other work118 (4.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,544 (57.9%)

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 Bharuapali

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 18 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Cotton (4), Pulses (3), Maize (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 Belpara block

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