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Gram panchayat · Remuna block · Balasore

Badapal gram panchayat

Badapal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Remuna block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,365 people in 855 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Remuna assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,365
Literacy
73.4%
Area
6.6 km²
LGD code
116266

Villages of Badapal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Barapal3621,34269.0%21%18%
Mareigan20378478.7%19%14%
Gopalpur12352167.7%2%42%
Mahantipada6829272.7%10%45%
Barbanka6727889.0%0%0%
Halupatna3214875.0%0%63%
Mohantipada dianchak00–––
Srikrushnapur00–––

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 Badapal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,365
1,774 male · 1,591 female
Households
855
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.4%
below Remuna block's villages (77.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
897
below Remuna block's villages (953)
Children aged 0–6
447
13.3% of residents
Workers
1,275
37.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
473 (14.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
801 (23.8%)

What the 1,275 workers did

  • Cultivators350 (27.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers318 (24.9%)
  • Household industry12 (0.9%)
  • Other work368 (28.9%)
  • Marginal workers227 (17.8%)

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 Badapal

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 8 villages cover 7 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school3 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 centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump5 of 6
  • Electricity for homes3 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Vegetables (4).

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 Remuna block

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