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Gram panchayat · Belpara block · Balangir

Ghagurli gram panchayat

Ghagurli is a gram panchayat (village council) in Belpara block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 6,866 people in 1,720 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
6,866
Literacy
50.2%
Area
28 km²
LGD code
115829

Villages of Ghagurli

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ghagrul5392,28259.9%23%7%
Ghagara2771,10639.0%11%84%
Dumermunda18465342.3%11%12%
Pandkimal14754839.0%4%40%
Jamjuri15254545.5%7%19%
Dumerbahal10448954.7%16%80%
Kadali13448956.9%30%63%
Khaliapali10643243.6%12%0%
Chikhili7732252.0%35%41%

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 Ghagurli

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,866
3,391 male · 3,475 female
Households
1,720
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
50.2%
below Belpara block's villages (56.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,025
above Belpara block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
1,006
14.7% of residents
Workers
3,627
52.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,161 (16.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,321 (33.8%)

What the 3,627 workers did

  • Cultivators252 (6.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,122 (30.9%)
  • Household industry41 (1.1%)
  • Other work240 (6.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,972 (54.4%)

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 Ghagurli

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 28 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school2 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes6 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Cotton (9), Greengram (4), Green Gram (3), Horsegram (1), Greengram/Blackgarm (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

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Ghagurli? Share it with us.