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Gram panchayat · Puintala block · Balangir

Bubel gram panchayat

Bubel is a gram panchayat (village council) in Puintala block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,949 people in 1,383 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Loisingha assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,949
Literacy
69.2%
Area
24 km²
LGD code
115966

Villages of Bubel

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bubel3431,54669.0%23%14%
Kharjhura20088265.6%14%22%
Jharbalangir20783372.6%24%15%
Belbahali19579974.5%6%2%
Balbuka14465647.6%10%5%
Bhainsapali13253285.5%41%2%
Raghabapali8835082.6%0%2%
Timapali6933659.1%13%0%
Bichhupali515100.0%0%0%

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 Bubel

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,949
3,014 male · 2,935 female
Households
1,383
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.2%
below Puintala block's villages (70.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
974
about the same as Puintala block's villages (967)
Children aged 0–6
714
12.0% of residents
Workers
2,522
42.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,068 (18.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
595 (10.0%)

What the 2,522 workers did

  • Cultivators644 (25.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers304 (12.1%)
  • Household industry66 (2.6%)
  • Other work419 (16.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,089 (43.2%)

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 Bubel

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 24 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school1 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 centre8 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes8 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 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), Pulses (8), Wheat (4), Vegetables (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 Puintala block

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