Gram panchayat · Basudevpur block · Bhadrak
Eram gram panchayat
Eram is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basudevpur block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,517 people in 1,246 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Basudevpur assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 8
- Population (2011)
- 5,517
- Literacy
- 82.4%
- Area
- 7.3 km²
- LGD code
- 116594
Villages of Eram
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eram | 775 | 3,634 | 79.2% | 17% | 0% |
| Sadeipada | 105 | 480 | 86.8% | 0% | 0% |
| Iswarpur | 107 | 463 | 89.2% | 0% | 0% |
| Damodarpur | 77 | 321 | 91.6% | 1% | 0% |
| Baincha | 101 | 310 | 90.4% | 0% | 0% |
| Tilada | 81 | 309 | 85.4% | 11% | 0% |
| Damodarpur | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Damodarpur | 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 Eram
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,517
- 2,684 male · 2,833 female
- Households
- 1,246
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.4%
- above Basudevpur block's villages (80.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,056
- above Basudevpur block's villages (999)
- Children aged 0–6
- 665
- 12.1% of residents
- Workers
- 1,628
- 29.5% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 653 (11.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 16 (0.3%)
What the 1,628 workers did
- Cultivators329 (20.2%)
- Agricultural labourers178 (10.9%)
- Household industry42 (2.6%)
- Other work460 (28.3%)
- Marginal workers619 (38.0%)
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 Eram
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 8 villages cover 7 km², 52% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.
Education
- Primary school5 of 6
- Middle school2 of 6
- Secondary school2 of 6
- Senior secondary school1 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 road5 of 6
- Public bus0 of 6
- Mobile phone coverage6 of 6
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 6
- Commercial bank0 of 6
- Ration (PDS) shop3 of 6
- Weekly haat4 of 6
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 3
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Basudevpur block
- Adhuan
- Andola
- Arandua
- Artuna
- Aruha
- Balimed
- Balimuinda
- Barandua
- Biddeipur
- Binovabenagar
- Biras
- Bramhangan
- Chudamani
- Edtal
- 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 Eram? Share it with us.