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Gram panchayat · Sohella block · Bargarh

Beherapali gram panchayat

Beherapali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sohella block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,942 people in 1,090 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhatli assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,942
Literacy
74.3%
Area
17.9 km²
LGD code
116556

Villages of Beherapali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Beherapali3401,26871.7%17%6%
Balipata25686075.6%29%33%
Brahmanipathar17364972.9%12%43%
Baideshpali11748275.4%21%26%
Nuapali13142582.1%25%0%
Dumerpali7325871.7%8%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 Beherapali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,942
2,014 male · 1,928 female
Households
1,090
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
74.3%
below Sohella block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
957
below Sohella block's villages (979)
Children aged 0–6
463
11.7% of residents
Workers
2,807
71.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
782 (19.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
761 (19.3%)

What the 2,807 workers did

  • Cultivators846 (30.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers167 (5.9%)
  • Household industry50 (1.8%)
  • Other work127 (4.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,617 (57.6%)

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 Beherapali

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 18 km², 69% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school5 of 6
  • Secondary school3 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 6
  • Public bus1 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Ground Nuts (6), Pulses (6).

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 Sohella block

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