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Gram panchayat · Baliapal block · Balasore

Jambhirai gram panchayat

Jambhirai is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baliapal block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 8,203 people in 1,759 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basta assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
8,203
Literacy
78.2%
Area
3.8 km²
LGD code
116108

Villages of Jambhirai

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jambhirai1,5317,05477.7%32%2%
Sundarakoili14169475.4%55%0%
Aruadam8745590.4%29%0%
Naladam00–––

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 Jambhirai

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,203
4,166 male · 4,037 female
Households
1,759
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.2%
below Baliapal block's villages (81.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
969
above Baliapal block's villages (955)
Children aged 0–6
1,215
14.8% of residents
Workers
3,628
44.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,749 (33.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
106 (1.3%)

What the 3,628 workers did

  • Cultivators1,228 (33.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers282 (7.8%)
  • Household industry11 (0.3%)
  • Other work448 (12.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,659 (45.7%)

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 Jambhirai

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 4 villages cover 4 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school2 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 homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank1 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Baliapal block

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