Gram panchayat · Bhograi block · Balasore

Dehurda gram panchayat

Dehurda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhograi block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 7,641 people in 1,789 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhograi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 9
Population (2011): 7,641
Literacy: 85.1%
Area: 6.2 km²
LGD code: 116148

Villages of Dehurda

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dehurda	692	2,819	83.5%	10%	1%
Banabasan	217	926	86.3%	17%	0%
Nidhubani	184	863	88.0%	0%	0%
Santeghari	186	782	79.9%	4%	2%
Anantapur	140	626	85.8%	0%	0%
Sribatsapur	121	561	86.4%	38%	15%
Balharpur	119	494	93.6%	0%	1%
Nayanagar(Jaynagar)	81	355	81.7%	17%	0%
Teghari	49	215	87.0%	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 Dehurda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,641; 3,938 male · 3,703 female
Households: 1,789; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 85.1%; about the same as Bhograi block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 940; about the same as Bhograi block's villages (934)
Children aged 0–6: 785; 10.3% of residents
Workers: 3,864; 50.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 734 (9.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 137 (1.8%)

What the 3,864 workers did

Cultivators845 (21.9%)
Agricultural labourers568 (14.7%)
Household industry47 (1.2%)
Other work543 (14.1%)
Marginal workers1,861 (48.2%)

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 Dehurda

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 6 km², 33% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school8 of 9
Middle school3 of 9
Secondary school2 of 9
Senior secondary school0 of 9
Degree college0 of 9

Health

Primary health centre0 of 9
Health sub-centre1 of 9
Anganwadi centre8 of 9

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 9
Hand pump8 of 9
Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

All-weather road6 of 9
Public bus2 of 9
Mobile phone coverage8 of 9

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 9
Commercial bank0 of 9
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 9
Weekly haat1 of 9

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Betel (2), Vegetables (2), Betel Nut (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

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