Gram panchayat · Basudevpur block · Bhadrak
Balimed gram panchayat
Balimed is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basudevpur block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 8,655 people in 1,675 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basudevpur assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 11
- Population (2011)
- 8,655
- Literacy
- 80.1%
- Area
- 21 km²
- LGD code
- 116586
Villages of Balimed
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balimed | 436 | 2,321 | 77.2% | 18% | 0% |
| Kalidaspur | 341 | 1,858 | 70.3% | 53% | 0% |
| Panpur | 181 | 818 | 88.9% | 21% | 0% |
| Damodarpur | 147 | 766 | 86.4% | 12% | 0% |
| Purusottompur | 163 | 730 | 87.7% | 5% | 0% |
| Jiginipur | 117 | 588 | 82.2% | 15% | 0% |
| Apartipur | 107 | 586 | 80.8% | 14% | 0% |
| Chhatrapur | 112 | 565 | 85.7% | 48% | 0% |
| Charibatia | 63 | 302 | 81.1% | 70% | 0% |
| Bayalisbindha | 8 | 121 | 95.6% | 82% | 0% |
| Purastampur-II | 0 | 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 Balimed
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 8,655
- 4,373 male · 4,282 female
- Households
- 1,675
- about 5.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 80.1%
- about the same as Basudevpur block's villages (80.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 979
- below Basudevpur block's villages (999)
- Children aged 0–6
- 1,153
- 13.3% of residents
- Workers
- 2,604
- 30.1% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,454 (28.4%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1 (0.0%)
What the 2,604 workers did
- Cultivators1,310 (50.3%)
- Agricultural labourers437 (16.8%)
- Household industry16 (0.6%)
- Other work282 (10.8%)
- Marginal workers559 (21.5%)
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 Balimed
How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 21 km², 63% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.
Education
- Primary school10 of 10
- Middle school2 of 10
- Secondary school1 of 10
- Senior secondary school0 of 10
- Degree college0 of 10
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 10
- Health sub-centre1 of 10
- Anganwadi centre9 of 10
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 10
- Hand pump9 of 10
- Electricity for homes9 of 10
Roads & transport
- All-weather road9 of 10
- Public bus0 of 10
- Mobile phone coverage10 of 10
Services
- Post office or sub post office2 of 10
- Commercial bank0 of 10
- Ration (PDS) shop7 of 10
- Weekly haat0 of 10
- Primary schools
- 13
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10).
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
- Aruha
- 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 Balimed? Share it with us.