Gram panchayat · Basta block · Balasore

Patharjhara gram panchayat

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Patharjhara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basta block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 8,228 people in 1,773 households at the 2011 census.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 8,228
Literacy: 71.2%
Area: 7.8 km²
LGD code: 275546

Villages of Patharjhara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bidyadharpur-1	353	1,705	78.2%	0%	0%
Mahadebsarai	220	876	52.2%	0%	67%
Kusudiha	171	783	86.7%	1%	11%
Karanjia	134	670	68.4%	0%	92%
Mangalpur	124	661	61.9%	0%	0%
Patharjhara	118	597	65.3%	1%	84%
Baincha	90	414	70.2%	11%	70%
Badabazar	79	397	71.9%	0%	0%
Saradiha	99	393	82.5%	64%	0%
Mukundapur	84	385	86.1%	18%	0%
Paikapada	78	352	79.0%	50%	0%
Hasanpur	45	233	33.1%	0%	64%
Bidyadharpur	49	198	66.0%	0%	75%
Sulemanpur	37	155	77.8%	10%	21%
Bahadalpur	32	134	82.0%	0%	1%
Kurumakhunta	23	91	68.0%	0%	49%
Sanamangalpur	12	73	70.7%	0%	0%
Nabho	12	57	42.2%	0%	100%
Mundibati	10	44	19.4%	11%	86%
Jalalpur	3	10	100.0%	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 Patharjhara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,228; 4,251 male · 3,977 female
Households: 1,773; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 71.2%; below Basta block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males: 936; below Basta block's villages (951)
Children aged 0–6: 1,184; 14.4% of residents
Workers: 2,977; 36.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 579 (7.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,551 (31.0%)

What the 2,977 workers did

Cultivators390 (13.1%)
Agricultural labourers889 (29.9%)
Household industry80 (2.7%)
Other work883 (29.7%)
Marginal workers735 (24.7%)

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 Patharjhara

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 8 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school17 of 20
Middle school8 of 20
Secondary school3 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre15 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes13 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road15 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage17 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office7 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop6 of 20
Weekly haat4 of 20

Primary schools: 21
Middle schools: 9
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18).

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 Basta block

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