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Gram panchayat · Turekela block · Balangir

Baddakla gram panchayat

Baddakla is a gram panchayat (village council) in Turekela block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,073 people in 827 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantabanji assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,073
Literacy
34.9%
Area
14.8 km²
LGD code
116026

Villages of Baddakla

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baddakla3381,29732.1%11%67%
`Nagphena18664135.5%9%69%
Damnichuan10140634.7%1%88%
`Gurlaudar10539439.6%2%5%
Tentelkhunti9733539.3%13%71%

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 Baddakla

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,073
1,524 male · 1,549 female
Households
827
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
34.9%
below Turekela block's villages (50.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,016
about the same as Turekela block's villages (1,019)
Children aged 0–6
565
18.4% of residents
Workers
1,647
53.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
251 (8.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,925 (62.6%)

What the 1,647 workers did

  • Cultivators630 (38.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers198 (12.0%)
  • Household industry10 (0.6%)
  • Other work93 (5.6%)
  • Marginal workers716 (43.5%)

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 Baddakla

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 15 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school0 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes0 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Cotton (3), Pulses (1), Mung (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 Turekela block

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