Gram panchayat · Bhograi block · Balasore

Nahara gram panchayat

Nahara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhograi block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 5,922 people in 1,465 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhograi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 11
Population (2011): 5,922
Literacy: 86.7%
Area: 10.5 km²
LGD code: 116164

Villages of Nahara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Nahara	532	2,102	85.9%	11%	6%
Badamandaruni	376	1,566	87.1%	15%	0%
Kanhupur	254	1,029	89.0%	0%	0%
Rautmandaruni	172	722	84.4%	7%	11%
Relapata	41	145	92.4%	1%	0%
Masanbaria	32	123	91.7%	0%	0%
Mundamari	29	122	72.9%	23%	0%
Saentpata	18	73	93.7%	0%	0%
Balikira	11	40	85.3%	0%	0%
Chaksalim	0	0	–	–	–
Kasimila	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 Nahara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,922; 3,041 male · 2,881 female
Households: 1,465; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 86.7%; above Bhograi block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 947; above Bhograi block's villages (934)
Children aged 0–6: 681; 11.5% of residents
Workers: 3,403; 57.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 554 (9.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 212 (3.6%)

What the 3,403 workers did

Cultivators816 (24.0%)
Agricultural labourers398 (11.7%)
Household industry29 (0.9%)
Other work165 (4.8%)
Marginal workers1,995 (58.6%)

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 Nahara

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 11 villages cover 10 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school6 of 9
Middle school4 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 centre4 of 9

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 9
Hand pump9 of 9
Electricity for homes8 of 9

Roads & transport

All-weather road0 of 9
Public bus0 of 9
Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 9
Commercial bank0 of 9
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
Weekly haat0 of 9

Primary schools: 9
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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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