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Kerbeda gram panchayat

Kerbeda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Patnagarh block of Balangir district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,592 people in 794 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Patnagarh assembly constituency and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,592
Literacy
53.3%
Area
20.4 km²
LGD code
275185

Villages of Kerbeda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Banjijhal17695457.6%19%67%
Kerbeda17181253.6%24%0%
Baliabhata12254962.9%13%19%
Putisbahal11750447.0%4%82%
Dhaunradadar12044447.0%9%77%
Ainlapali8832941.8%16%4%

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 Kerbeda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,592
1,809 male · 1,783 female
Households
794
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
53.3%
below Patnagarh block's villages (64.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
986
about the same as Patnagarh block's villages (990)
Children aged 0–6
544
15.1% of residents
Workers
2,040
56.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
568 (15.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,514 (42.1%)

What the 2,040 workers did

  • Cultivators545 (26.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers541 (26.5%)
  • Household industry26 (1.3%)
  • Other work45 (2.2%)
  • Marginal workers883 (43.3%)

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 Kerbeda

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 20 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 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 centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes3 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Cotton (4), Vegetables (3).

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 Patnagarh block

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