Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore
Hidigan gram panchayat
Hidigan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 6,941 people in 1,418 households at the 2011 census.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 6,941
- Literacy
- 74.3%
- Area
- 15 km²
- LGD code
- 116072
Villages of Hidigan
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 Hidigan
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 6,941
- 3,586 male · 3,355 female
- Households
- 1,418
- about 4.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 74.3%
- below Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 936
- about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (942)
- Children aged 0–6
- 930
- 13.4% of residents
- Workers
- 2,370
- 34.1% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,330 (19.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,782 (25.7%)
What the 2,370 workers did
- Cultivators248 (10.5%)
- Agricultural labourers183 (7.7%)
- Household industry26 (1.1%)
- Other work1,233 (52.0%)
- Marginal workers680 (28.7%)
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 Hidigan
How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 15 km², 84% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school2 of 2
- Secondary school1 of 2
- Senior secondary school1 of 2
- Degree college0 of 2
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 2
- Health sub-centre1 of 2
- Anganwadi centre2 of 2
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 2
- Hand pump2 of 2
- Electricity for homes2 of 2
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 2
- Public bus1 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 2
- Commercial bank1 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
- Weekly haat1 of 2
- Primary schools
- 6
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Baleshwar block
- Alumeda
- Anko
- Babarda
- Bahabalpur
- Baincha
- Bardhanpur
- Beruan
- Buanl
- Chandipur
- Chanua
- Chaskhand
- Dubula Gadi
- Genguti
- Gopinathpur
- Gud
- Haladipada
- Jaydevkasaba
- Kasafal
- Kasipada
- Khannagar
- Kumbhari
- Kuradiha
- Kuruda
- Nagram
- Nizampur
- Nuagan
- Nuagaon
- Odangi
- Olandasargan
- Padampur
- Panchapada
- Parkhi
- Patrapada
- Rainsuan
- Ranasahi
- Rasalpur
- Rasulpur
- Rupsa Samilhasanpur
- Sadanandapur
- Saragan
- Sartha
- Sasanga
- Sindhia
- Srikona
- Sriramapur
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