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Gram panchayat · Barpali block · Bargarh

Kusanpuri gram panchayat

Kusanpuri is a gram panchayat (village council) in Barpali block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 4,611 people in 1,232 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bargarh assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
4,611
Literacy
75.5%
Area
9.8 km²
LGD code
116407

Villages of Kusanpuri

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kushanpuri5792,22571.2%12%31%
Phulapali4731,66283.2%10%37%
Bahiapadar18072471.4%18%45%

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 Kusanpuri

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,611
2,319 male · 2,292 female
Households
1,232
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.5%
about the same as Barpali block's villages (75.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
988
above Barpali block's villages (952)
Children aged 0–6
465
10.1% of residents
Workers
2,773
60.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
559 (12.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,623 (35.2%)

What the 2,773 workers did

  • Cultivators510 (18.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers443 (16.0%)
  • Household industry652 (23.5%)
  • Other work307 (11.1%)
  • Marginal workers861 (31.0%)

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 Kusanpuri

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 10 km², 88% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school2 of 3
  • Degree college1 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre2 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump2 of 3
  • Electricity for homes2 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Til (1), Sugarcane (1), Grountnut (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 Barpali block

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