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Gram panchayat · Soro block · Balasore

Talanagar gram panchayat

Talanagar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Soro block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 6,521 people in 1,500 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Soro assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
7
Population (2011)
6,521
Literacy
84.7%
Area
9.3 km²
LGD code
116331

Villages of Talanagar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Brahmanasabira3511,64484.5%21%0%
Sunari3991,59487.1%23%2%
Talanagar2821,30982.0%14%1%
Habeligandatira22597978.6%26%6%
Salampur11244296.7%0%0%
Alipur9941689.7%10%3%
Chaulasabira3213775.0%20%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 Talanagar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,521
3,358 male · 3,163 female
Households
1,500
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.7%
above Soro block's villages (82.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
942
about the same as Soro block's villages (941)
Children aged 0–6
799
12.3% of residents
Workers
1,965
30.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,226 (18.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
98 (1.5%)

What the 1,965 workers did

  • Cultivators957 (48.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers425 (21.6%)
  • Household industry18 (0.9%)
  • Other work300 (15.3%)
  • Marginal workers265 (13.5%)

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 Talanagar

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 7 villages cover 9 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump4 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
3
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 Soro block

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