Gram panchayat · Basudevpur block · Bhadrak
Aruha gram panchayat
Aruha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basudevpur block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 7 villages, home to 5,743 people in 1,395 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basudevpur assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 7
- Population (2011)
- 5,743
- Literacy
- 84.7%
- Area
- 10.7 km²
- LGD code
- 116585
Villages of Aruha
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulamtula | 470 | 1,897 | 84.3% | 10% | 0% |
| Aruha | 371 | 1,513 | 90.4% | 29% | 0% |
| Naichhanpur | 158 | 711 | 83.9% | 16% | 0% |
| Gobindbindha | 141 | 660 | 79.1% | 9% | 0% |
| Bhagapur | 177 | 656 | 77.4% | 41% | 0% |
| Banian | 47 | 174 | 91.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Harisaranabindha | 31 | 132 | 86.1% | 16% | 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 Aruha
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,743
- 2,878 male · 2,865 female
- Households
- 1,395
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.7%
- above Basudevpur block's villages (80.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 995
- about the same as Basudevpur block's villages (999)
- Children aged 0–6
- 680
- 11.8% of residents
- Workers
- 1,971
- 34.3% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,091 (19.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 9 (0.2%)
What the 1,971 workers did
- Cultivators637 (32.3%)
- Agricultural labourers478 (24.3%)
- Household industry24 (1.2%)
- Other work304 (15.4%)
- Marginal workers528 (26.8%)
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 Aruha
How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 11 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school6 of 7
- Middle school3 of 7
- Secondary school2 of 7
- Senior secondary school0 of 7
- Degree college0 of 7
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 7
- Health sub-centre0 of 7
- Anganwadi centre7 of 7
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 7
- Hand pump7 of 7
- Electricity for homes7 of 7
Roads & transport
- All-weather road5 of 7
- Public bus0 of 7
- Mobile phone coverage7 of 7
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 7
- Commercial bank0 of 7
- Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
- Weekly haat0 of 7
- Primary schools
- 8
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).
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
- Adhuan
- Andola
- Arandua
- Artuna
- 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
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