Gram panchayat · Basta block · Balasore

Raghunathpur gram panchayat

Raghunathpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basta block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 8,596 people in 1,961 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jaleswar assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 8,596
Literacy: 78.9%
Area: 7.7 km²
LGD code: 116134

Villages of Raghunathpur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gilajori	533	2,332	77.2%	42%	5%
Ambakuruchi	362	1,534	76.7%	42%	0%
Asti	231	1,048	72.8%	10%	11%
Machharanka	145	625	88.0%	10%	0%
Chakarjuni	124	601	68.7%	0%	23%
Gusainpatana	104	524	92.4%	0%	0%
Beli	117	489	92.1%	1%	0%
Madhupurakandagan	89	329	49.3%	2%	75%
Ramchaka	60	300	92.5%	0%	0%
Gholei	69	274	83.8%	49%	0%
Madhupura	46	237	90.5%	16%	0%
Beldandia	33	137	98.3%	1%	0%
Dolbad	38	134	76.8%	18%	0%
Raghunathpur	10	32	71.0%	0%	81%

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 Raghunathpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,596; 4,460 male · 4,136 female
Households: 1,961; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 78.9%; about the same as Basta block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males: 927; below Basta block's villages (951)
Children aged 0–6: 1,048; 12.2% of residents
Workers: 3,444; 40.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,990 (23.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 634 (7.4%)

What the 3,444 workers did

Cultivators1,169 (33.9%)
Agricultural labourers674 (19.6%)
Household industry41 (1.2%)
Other work430 (12.5%)
Marginal workers1,130 (32.8%)

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 Raghunathpur

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 8 km², 47% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 14
Middle school8 of 14
Secondary school3 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre2 of 14
Anganwadi centre11 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump14 of 14
Electricity for homes13 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 14
Public bus0 of 14
Mobile phone coverage14 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop6 of 14
Weekly haat3 of 14

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 9
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1).

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 Basta block

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