Gram panchayat · Bhograi block · Balasore

Gabgan gram panchayat

Gabgan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhograi block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,212 people in 1,291 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhograi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 9
Population (2011): 5,212
Literacy: 81.3%
Area: 5.8 km²
LGD code: 275561

Villages of Gabgan

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gabagan	369	1,578	71.9%	47%	0%
Nilpura	226	847	86.6%	2%	0%
Purusattampur	213	840	88.8%	0%	0%
Chirkula	178	692	89.4%	2%	0%
Ramdeichak	163	638	74.1%	5%	0%
Dobadia	54	284	84.9%	66%	0%
Badhia	52	174	90.2%	0%	0%
Krushnapur	36	159	80.0%	43%	6%
Tankabani	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 Gabgan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,212; 2,706 male · 2,506 female
Households: 1,291; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 81.3%; below Bhograi block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 926; about the same as Bhograi block's villages (934)
Children aged 0–6: 671; 12.9% of residents
Workers: 3,050; 58.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,067 (20.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 11 (0.2%)

What the 3,050 workers did

Cultivators1,027 (33.7%)
Agricultural labourers165 (5.4%)
Household industry2 (0.1%)
Other work122 (4.0%)
Marginal workers1,734 (56.9%)

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 Gabgan

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 6 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

Primary school7 of 8
Middle school5 of 8
Secondary school2 of 8
Senior secondary school0 of 8
Degree college0 of 8

Health

Primary health centre0 of 8
Health sub-centre0 of 8
Anganwadi centre6 of 8

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 8
Hand pump8 of 8
Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

All-weather road6 of 8
Public bus0 of 8
Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 8
Commercial bank0 of 8
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 8
Weekly haat0 of 8

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Inkada (1), Til (1), Pulses (1).

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 Bhograi block

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