Gram panchayat · Basudevpur block · Bhadrak
Adhuan gram panchayat
Adhuan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basudevpur block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 7,614 people in 1,668 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basudevpur assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 7,614
- Literacy
- 71.2%
- Area
- 9.8 km²
- LGD code
- 116581
Villages of Adhuan
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 Adhuan
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 7,614
- 3,857 male · 3,757 female
- Households
- 1,668
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 71.2%
- below Basudevpur block's villages (80.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 974
- below Basudevpur block's villages (999)
- Children aged 0–6
- 1,029
- 13.5% of residents
- Workers
- 2,423
- 31.8% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 4,545 (59.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 39 (0.5%)
What the 2,423 workers did
- Cultivators299 (12.3%)
- Agricultural labourers242 (10.0%)
- Household industry12 (0.5%)
- Other work1,204 (49.7%)
- Marginal workers666 (27.5%)
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 Adhuan
How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 10 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 23% forest.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school1 of 2
- Secondary school1 of 2
- Senior secondary school0 of 2
- Degree college0 of 2
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 2
- Health sub-centre1 of 2
- Anganwadi centre2 of 2
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 2
- Hand pump2 of 2
- Electricity for homes2 of 2
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 2
- Public bus0 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 2
- Commercial bank1 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
- Weekly haat1 of 2
- Primary schools
- 8
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2). Handicrafts: Earthern Pots (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 Basudevpur block
- Andola
- Arandua
- Artuna
- Aruha
- Balimed
- Balimuinda
- Barandua
- Biddeipur
- Binovabenagar
- Biras
- Bramhangan
- Chudamani
- Edtal
- Eram
- Gobindapur
- Gopabandhunagar
- Guagadia
- Jagannathprasad
- Jagannathpur
- K.binayakpur
- Karanjadia
- Kismat Krushanapur
- Kumarpur
- Laxmidaspur
- Lunga
- Naikanidihi
- Narasinghpur
- Nuagan
- Padhuan
- Padmapur
- Rajaharopokhari
- Sanakrushannpur
- Sasubhuasuni
- Sudarsanpur
- Sugo
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Adhuan? Share it with us.