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Gram panchayat · Khaira block · Balasore

Barada gram panchayat

Barada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaira block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 4,312 people in 986 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Simulia assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
4,312
Literacy
78.3%
Area
8.2 km²
LGD code
116203

Villages of Barada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Garadi3131,52178.9%42%5%
Barda20483778.2%31%0%
Bishnupuruninhabited15866569.3%55%0%
Niranjanbindha7636471.4%0%24%
Rasuna8127184.8%11%0%
Mirjapur-36626882.0%26%1%
Mirjapur-14319191.1%5%0%
Abdulapur3716589.6%5%13%
Sahapur83092.6%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 Barada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,312
2,157 male · 2,155 female
Households
986
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.3%
below Khaira block's villages (81.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
999
below Khaira block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
565
13.1% of residents
Workers
1,404
32.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,376 (31.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
194 (4.5%)

What the 1,404 workers did

  • Cultivators358 (25.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers165 (11.8%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work192 (13.7%)
  • Marginal workers687 (48.9%)

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 Barada

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 8 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 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-centre0 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump2 of 9
  • Electricity for homes1 of 9

Roads & transport

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

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Khaira block

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