Village
Daradia
Spelt “Dardia” in the Local Government Directory and Census 2011 records.
Daradia is a village in Bahanaga gram panchayat, Bahanaga block, Balasore district, Odisha.
People and work
In Census 2011, Daradia had 631 people in 152 households, with a literacy rate of 86.3%. Scheduled Castes made up 20.8% and Scheduled Tribes 0% of the population.
- Population
- 631
- 326 male · 305 female
- Households
- 152
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.3%
- above the district's rural average (79.2%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 936
- below the district's rural ratio (957)
- Children aged 0–6
- 48
- 7.6% of residents
- Workers
- 206
- 32.6% of residents
What the 206 workers did
- Cultivators79 (38.3%)
- Agricultural labourers5 (2.4%)
- Household industry0 (0%)
- Other work42 (20.4%)
- Marginal workers80 (38.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level). Figures are from 2011, the most recent census with published village figures; district comparisons use rural Balasore.
Facilities and land
What the Census 2011 Village Directory recorded for Daradia: an area of 27 ha (0.27 km²), 24 km from the nearest town, Baleshwar, and 25 km from the district headquarters. PIN code 756042.
Schools and colleges
Health
Water, power and sanitation
- Drinking water
- hand pumps, open wells, river or canal
- Electricity for homes
- Yes (about 12 h a day in summer, 15 h in winter)
- Electricity for farming
- Yes
- Drainage
- No drainage recorded
- Total Sanitation Campaign
- Covered
Roads, transport and communication
- All-weather road
- In the village
- Pucca (black-topped) road
- In the village
- National highway
- In the village
- State highway
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Public bus
- Nearest under 5 km away
- Private bus
- Nearest under 5 km away
- Railway station
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Autorickshaw
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Ferry
- Nearest under 5 km away
- Post office
- Nearest under 5 km away
- Mobile coverage
- In the village
- Internet / common service centre
- Nearest over 10 km away
Banks, markets and services
- Commercial bank
- Nearest 5–10 km away
- Co-operative bank
- Nearest 5–10 km away
- ATM
- Nearest 5–10 km away
- Agricultural credit society
- Nearest 5–10 km away
- Self-help group
- In the village
- Ration (PDS) shop
- Nearest under 5 km away
- Weekly haat
- Nearest 5–10 km away
- Mandi / regular market
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Polling station
- Nearest under 5 km away
- Birth and death registration
- Nearest over 10 km away
Community and leisure
- Community centre
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Sports field
- In the village
- Public library
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Reading room
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Cinema or video hall
- Nearest over 10 km away
- Daily newspaper
- In the village
What Daradia produces
- 🌾 Paddy
The main farm, manufactured and handicraft products named in the directory, most important first.
How the land is used
- Net area sown19 ha
- Non-agricultural use3 ha
- Culturable waste2 ha
- Pasture and grazing2 ha
- Fallow2 ha
No irrigated land was recorded; farming here depended on rain.
The census lists how many schools and health centres a village has, not their names. “Map ↗” opens a Google Maps search around Daradia so you can see the actual institutions, with their names and addresses as listed on Google.
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.
Map of Daradia
Nearby villages: Kamaripur, Basulipur, Bahanaga, Sathi, Begunia, Chakichhapur, Gandhina, Krushnapur
Boundaries: DataMeet, Indian Village Boundaries (Census 2011), © DataMeet contributors, ODbL 1.0 — simplified and indicative only; not a land or revenue record.
Getting to Daradia
Nearest railway stations
- Bahanaga Bazar (BNBR)station · about 2.1 km in a straight lineDirections ↗
- Panpana (PNPN)halt · about 3.1 km in a straight lineDirections ↗
- Khantapara (KHF)station · about 7.9 km in a straight lineDirections ↗
Distances are straight-line from the centre of the village boundary; by road they are longer. Stations: OpenStreetMap contributors (some on new lines may not yet have regular trains).
Where Daradia sits
- 1State:Odisha
- 2District:Balasore
- 3Sub-district:Soro
- 4Block:Bahanaga
- 5Gram panchayat:Bahanaga
- 6Village:Daradia
Other villages in Bahanaga gram panchayat
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