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Gram panchayat · Bahanaga block · Balasore

Talakurunia gram panchayat

Talakurunia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bahanaga block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,617 people in 834 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Soro assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,617
Literacy
87.8%
Area
7 km²
LGD code
116064

Villages of Talakurunia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Talakurunia4942,04588.4%13%2%
Rahaniaganja2551,16185.5%4%0%
Narasinghpadamagura5930294.7%0%0%
Haripur2610981.3%36%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 Talakurunia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,617
1,875 male · 1,742 female
Households
834
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.8%
above Bahanaga block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
929
below Bahanaga block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
375
10.4% of residents
Workers
1,143
31.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
343 (9.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
38 (1.1%)

What the 1,143 workers did

  • Cultivators715 (62.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers55 (4.8%)
  • Household industry25 (2.2%)
  • Other work242 (21.2%)
  • Marginal workers106 (9.3%)

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 Talakurunia

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 7 km², 78% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Bahanaga block

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