Gram panchayat · Basta block · Balasore

Barunagadia gram panchayat

Barunagadia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basta block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 5,749 people in 1,425 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basta assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 5,749
Literacy: 87.4%
Area: 9.3 km²
LGD code: 275667

Villages of Barunagadia

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sadanandapur	311	1,247	85.6%	6%	2%
Jhinjipara	169	691	91.0%	0%	0%
Chorpada	155	654	97.8%	10%	0%
Nischintapur	123	494	85.3%	1%	0%
Mulidabag	78	309	93.6%	11%	0%
Damodarpur	60	259	48.8%	22%	76%
Gohiragadia	62	255	88.0%	0%	0%
Padampur	60	251	85.0%	2%	0%
Dubulia	60	242	91.9%	13%	0%
Gundurimara	78	237	94.8%	3%	0%
Mundimari	54	231	80.1%	5%	42%
Bhagirathipur	59	226	95.1%	0%	0%
Baigandiha	44	197	83.6%	48%	1%
Kiapanasi	36	129	95.7%	0%	0%
Maisamari	23	115	84.2%	0%	31%
Kanchania	26	103	84.3%	0%	17%
Chandramadeipur	23	81	87.3%	0%	0%
Arjuni	4	28	38.9%	0%	100%
Chakbela	0	0	–	–	–
Khakadadubi	0	0	–	–	–
Palasia	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 Barunagadia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,749; 2,944 male · 2,805 female
Households: 1,425; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 87.4%; above Basta block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males: 953; about the same as Basta block's villages (951)
Children aged 0–6: 734; 12.8% of residents
Workers: 2,464; 42.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 391 (6.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 400 (7.0%)

What the 2,464 workers did

Cultivators492 (20.0%)
Agricultural labourers612 (24.8%)
Household industry39 (1.6%)
Other work635 (25.8%)
Marginal workers686 (27.8%)

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 Barunagadia

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 9 km², 5% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 18
Middle school3 of 18
Secondary school0 of 18
Senior secondary school0 of 18
Degree college0 of 18

Health

Primary health centre0 of 18
Health sub-centre0 of 18
Anganwadi centre6 of 18

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 18
Hand pump17 of 18
Electricity for homes14 of 18

Roads & transport

All-weather road2 of 18
Public bus1 of 18
Mobile phone coverage17 of 18

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 18
Commercial bank0 of 18
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 18
Weekly haat2 of 18

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

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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