Gram panchayat · Bonth block · Bhadrak
Purusandha gram panchayat
Purusandha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bonth block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,035 people in 1,077 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhandaripokhari assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 5
- Population (2011)
- 5,035
- Literacy
- 84.1%
- Area
- 3.5 km²
- LGD code
- 116678
Villages of Purusandha
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purusandha | 825 | 3,936 | 82.0% | 25% | 4% |
| Raintira | 114 | 446 | 93.2% | 11% | 11% |
| Munduli | 85 | 418 | 90.4% | 41% | 0% |
| Jagannathpur | 36 | 154 | 92.4% | 0% | 0% |
| Nirmalpur | 17 | 81 | 88.6% | 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 Purusandha
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,035
- 2,627 male · 2,408 female
- Households
- 1,077
- about 4.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.1%
- about the same as Bonth block's villages (84.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 917
- below Bonth block's villages (977)
- Children aged 0–6
- 559
- 11.1% of residents
- Workers
- 1,606
- 31.9% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,194 (23.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 217 (4.3%)
What the 1,606 workers did
- Cultivators444 (27.6%)
- Agricultural labourers344 (21.4%)
- Household industry53 (3.3%)
- Other work413 (25.7%)
- Marginal workers352 (21.9%)
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 Purusandha
How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 3 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school4 of 5
- Middle school2 of 5
- Secondary school1 of 5
- Senior secondary school0 of 5
- Degree college0 of 5
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 5
- Health sub-centre0 of 5
- Anganwadi centre3 of 5
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 5
- Hand pump5 of 5
- Electricity for homes5 of 5
Roads & transport
- All-weather road5 of 5
- Public bus0 of 5
- Mobile phone coverage5 of 5
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 5
- Commercial bank0 of 5
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
- Weekly haat1 of 5
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 0
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).
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 Bonth block
- Adio
- Anilo
- Badabarchikayan
- Badahat Trilochanpur
- Badamahisagotha
- Basantia
- Bonth
- Charigan
- Chhayalsingh
- Ganijang
- Gobindapur
- Gopinathpur
- Kadabarang
- Kenduapada
- Mahantyapada
- Nilak
- Odanga
- Padhanpada
- Ramachandrapur
- Ramakrushnapur
- Rampur
- Sendhatira
- Tadagan
- Tillo
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Purusandha? Share it with us.