Gram panchayat · Bhograi block · Balasore

Babatia gram panchayat

Babatia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhograi block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 12 villages, home to 6,910 people in 1,651 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhograi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 12
Population (2011): 6,910
Literacy: 91.5%
Area: 4.3 km²
LGD code: 116142

Villages of Babatia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Barbatia	546	2,217	91.3%	4%	5%
Akendi	169	724	87.9%	0%	0%
Dihikakhada	165	689	88.1%	27%	0%
Kukuria	150	667	98.8%	0%	0%
Bagar	139	602	94.7%	3%	1%
Nayagan (Udayanagarpatana)	119	543	86.5%	0%	3%
Dumeipur	131	520	89.8%	8%	1%
Kantabania	111	446	92.0%	0%	2%
Debdha	53	228	99.0%	0%	0%
Bahabalpur	40	164	94.0%	10%	0%
Golabazar	27	105	91.9%	0%	1%
Chakdumeipur	1	5	100.0%	0%	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 Babatia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,910; 3,620 male · 3,290 female
Households: 1,651; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 91.5%; above Bhograi block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 909; below Bhograi block's villages (934)
Children aged 0–6: 705; 10.2% of residents
Workers: 2,844; 41.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 362 (5.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 145 (2.1%)

What the 2,844 workers did

Cultivators870 (30.6%)
Agricultural labourers526 (18.5%)
Household industry28 (1.0%)
Other work329 (11.6%)
Marginal workers1,091 (38.4%)

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 Babatia

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 12 villages cover 4 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 12
Middle school5 of 12
Secondary school1 of 12
Senior secondary school1 of 12
Degree college1 of 12

Health

Primary health centre0 of 12
Health sub-centre1 of 12
Anganwadi centre8 of 12

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 12
Hand pump8 of 12
Electricity for homes11 of 12

Roads & transport

All-weather road0 of 12
Public bus3 of 12
Mobile phone coverage11 of 12

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 12
Commercial bank0 of 12
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 12
Weekly haat0 of 12

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Vegetables (1), Betel (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 Bhograi block

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