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Gram panchayat · Baliapal block · Balasore

Balarampur gram panchayat

Balarampur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baliapal block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,816 people in 1,120 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basta assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
4,816
Literacy
78.3%
Area
9.8 km²
LGD code
116097

Villages of Balarampur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sunaroi2461,11377.8%42%5%
Balarampur21790079.5%21%7%
Itapatua16564473.0%32%0%
Kalanda13454969.5%5%40%
Kanhupentha6732582.7%12%14%
Purusottampur5927286.0%4%21%
Balichatara5526180.9%0%18%
Betana6526179.1%20%1%
Biswanathpur4016072.1%36%22%
Sainidiha3014398.6%10%0%
Kuanarpur3113786.6%10%0%
Tarapur115173.9%51%0%
Kalasimili00–––
Sainidiha-200–––

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 Balarampur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,816
2,430 male · 2,386 female
Households
1,120
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.3%
below Baliapal block's villages (81.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
982
above Baliapal block's villages (955)
Children aged 0–6
600
12.5% of residents
Workers
1,819
37.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,112 (23.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
529 (11.0%)

What the 1,819 workers did

  • Cultivators392 (21.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers404 (22.2%)
  • Household industry5 (0.3%)
  • Other work145 (8.0%)
  • Marginal workers873 (48.0%)

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 Balarampur

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 10 km², 84% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 12
  • Middle school5 of 12
  • Secondary school1 of 12
  • Senior secondary school0 of 12
  • Degree college0 of 12

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 12
  • Health sub-centre0 of 12
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 12

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 12
  • Hand pump12 of 12
  • Electricity for homes9 of 12

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 12
  • Public bus0 of 12
  • Mobile phone coverage12 of 12

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 12
  • Commercial bank0 of 12
  • Ration (PDS) shop7 of 12
  • Weekly haat1 of 12
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).

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 Baliapal block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Balarampur? Share it with us.