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Gram panchayat · Puintala block · Balangir

Bairasar gram panchayat

Bairasar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Puintala block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 4,130 people in 942 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Loisingha assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
4,130
Literacy
69.4%
Area
9.7 km²
LGD code
115962

Villages of Bairasar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Arjunda2861,22576.0%30%0%
Bainrasar18781573.0%24%0%
Bhadrapali15476558.2%12%0%
Kandagad15264167.1%37%0%
Banabahal12446768.9%31%0%
Thapapali3921765.4%0%0%
Nagapali00–––

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 Bairasar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,130
2,131 male · 1,999 female
Households
942
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.4%
below Puintala block's villages (70.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
938
below Puintala block's villages (967)
Children aged 0–6
589
14.3% of residents
Workers
1,409
34.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,041 (25.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
3 (0.1%)

What the 1,409 workers did

  • Cultivators336 (23.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers263 (18.7%)
  • Household industry13 (0.9%)
  • Other work555 (39.4%)
  • Marginal workers242 (17.2%)

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 Bairasar

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 7 villages cover 10 km², 57% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre2 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Vegetables (6), Pulses (3), Wheat (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 Puintala block

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