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Gram panchayat · Bijepur block · Bargarh

Buromunda gram panchayat

Buromunda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bijepur block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,092 people in 1,057 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bijepur assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,092
Literacy
77.2%
Area
16.3 km²
LGD code
116462

Villages of Buromunda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Barmunda5442,09076.9%18%17%
Bandupali2641,03473.2%15%39%
Bhalupali17164181.3%14%14%
Masanabahal7832783.1%24%48%

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 Buromunda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,092
2,065 male · 2,027 female
Households
1,057
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
77.2%
above Bijepur block's villages (74.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
982
about the same as Bijepur block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
440
10.8% of residents
Workers
1,716
41.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
714 (17.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,003 (24.5%)

What the 1,716 workers did

  • Cultivators547 (31.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers565 (32.9%)
  • Household industry38 (2.2%)
  • Other work182 (10.6%)
  • Marginal workers384 (22.4%)

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 Buromunda

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 16 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school3 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Ground Nuts (4), Pulses (4).

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 Bijepur block

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