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Gram panchayat · Khaira block · Balasore

Baunsagfadia gram panchayat

Baunsagfadia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Khaira block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 6,493 people in 1,387 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Simulia assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
6,493
Literacy
64.2%
Area
13.9 km²
LGD code
116205

Villages of Baunsagfadia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baunsagadia3601,74455.0%44%38%
Kalamchua3721,67565.2%25%51%
Barapada2341,09276.0%31%2%
Bageipur2351,07050.2%8%76%
Salagadia15572689.2%1%20%
Ostapal3118645.7%0%97%

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 Baunsagfadia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,493
3,238 male · 3,255 female
Households
1,387
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.2%
below Khaira block's villages (81.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,005
below Khaira block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
850
13.1% of residents
Workers
3,059
47.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,625 (25.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,667 (41.1%)

What the 3,059 workers did

  • Cultivators769 (25.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,129 (36.9%)
  • Household industry24 (0.8%)
  • Other work269 (8.8%)
  • Marginal workers868 (28.4%)

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 Baunsagfadia

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 14 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 16% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school4 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump5 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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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