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Kosabakamarda gram panchayat

Kosabakamarda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhograi block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 9,019 people in 2,098 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhograi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
9,019
Literacy
80.3%
Area
11 km²
LGD code
116158

Villages of Kosabakamarda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kasabakamarda1,2775,48682.0%16%3%
Kharda4551,99372.4%1%0%
Ekadpal2521,07383.9%15%0%
Sahebnagarpatana4718488.8%29%0%
Kunjabani3412490.1%0%0%
Arangabad2511678.1%0%0%
Gangubela84360.6%0%0%
Anantapur00–––
Ghorapata00–––

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 Kosabakamarda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,019
4,517 male · 4,502 female
Households
2,098
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.3%
below Bhograi block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
997
above Bhograi block's villages (934)
Children aged 0–6
1,172
13.0% of residents
Workers
4,326
48.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,100 (12.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
147 (1.6%)

What the 4,326 workers did

  • Cultivators1,086 (25.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers632 (14.6%)
  • Household industry19 (0.4%)
  • Other work617 (14.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,972 (45.6%)

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 Kosabakamarda

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 11 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 7
  • Middle school5 of 7
  • Secondary school3 of 7
  • Senior secondary school1 of 7
  • Degree college1 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes6 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat2 of 7
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
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 Bhograi block

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