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Gram panchayat · Bangomunda block · Balangir

Bhursaguda gram panchayat

Bhursaguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bangomunda block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,639 people in 923 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantabanji assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,639
Literacy
47.1%
Area
9.9 km²
LGD code
275148

Villages of Bhursaguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bhursagura3971,44857.3%7%4%
Titisilet2821,19748.9%19%35%
Ganjiapara24499429.7%9%29%

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 Bhursaguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,639
1,823 male · 1,816 female
Households
923
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
47.1%
below Bangomunda block's villages (54.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
996
above Bangomunda block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
480
13.2% of residents
Workers
1,969
54.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
423 (11.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
765 (21.0%)

What the 1,969 workers did

  • Cultivators658 (33.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers408 (20.7%)
  • Household industry18 (0.9%)
  • Other work65 (3.3%)
  • Marginal workers820 (41.6%)

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 Bhursaguda

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 10 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school0 of 3
  • Secondary school0 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes0 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Bangomunda block

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