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Gram panchayat · Khaprakhol block · Balangir

Padiabahal gram panchayat

Padiabahal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaprakhol block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,638 people in 1,486 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
5,638
Literacy
57.4%
Area
27.3 km²
LGD code
115893

Villages of Padiabahal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Dedarha3241,28060.9%12%37%
Pacher2621,00561.9%16%17%
Sanuden23384066.7%22%21%
Padiabahal19170861.8%17%23%
Kangaon13857462.8%23%13%
Patrapali15354023.4%17%1%
Salepali10240655.7%24%34%
Bharuamunda8328541.0%7%86%

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 Padiabahal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,638
2,754 male · 2,884 female
Households
1,486
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
57.4%
about the same as Khaprakhol block's villages (58.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,047
above Khaprakhol block's villages (1,023)
Children aged 0–6
713
12.6% of residents
Workers
2,580
45.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
965 (17.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,443 (25.6%)

What the 2,580 workers did

  • Cultivators565 (21.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers382 (14.8%)
  • Household industry36 (1.4%)
  • Other work277 (10.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,320 (51.2%)

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 Padiabahal

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 27 km², 69% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school6 of 8
  • Secondary school0 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 8
  • Public bus1 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 8
  • Weekly haat2 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Cotton (3), Ground Nut (1), Mung, Biri (1), Biri (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 Khaprakhol block

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