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Gram panchayat · Muribahal block · Balangir

Bandupala gram panchayat

Bandupala is a gram panchayat (village council) in Muribahal block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,228 people in 818 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantabanji assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,228
Literacy
58.7%
Area
15.4 km²
LGD code
275133

Villages of Bandupala

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bandupala2351,06062.7%19%38%
Jamunabahal19665552.6%13%76%
Sandhibahal13860673.1%21%36%
Satighat11741366.4%21%36%
Nuamunda6725131.1%10%60%
Kachharbhadi6524337.5%40%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 Bandupala

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,228
1,653 male · 1,575 female
Households
818
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.7%
above Muribahal block's villages (55.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
953
below Muribahal block's villages (1,001)
Children aged 0–6
493
15.3% of residents
Workers
1,461
45.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
616 (19.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,426 (44.2%)

What the 1,461 workers did

  • Cultivators597 (40.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers240 (16.4%)
  • Household industry11 (0.8%)
  • Other work104 (7.1%)
  • Marginal workers509 (34.8%)

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 Bandupala

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 6 villages cover 15 km², and 60% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes2 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Cotton (2), Maize (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 Muribahal block

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