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Gram panchayat · Dhamanagar block · Bhadrak

Asurali gram panchayat

Asurali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dhamanagar block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 5,707 people in 1,125 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
5,707
Literacy
89.2%
Area
4.9 km²
LGD code
116720

Villages of Asurali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Asurali7393,60487.8%21%3%
Hatiapada15576890.4%24%0%
Hansapur12576391.5%0%0%
Torabantia10657293.4%1%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 Asurali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,707
2,884 male · 2,823 female
Households
1,125
about 5.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
89.2%
above Dhamanagar block's villages (85.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
979
about the same as Dhamanagar block's villages (985)
Children aged 0–6
657
11.5% of residents
Workers
1,685
29.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
934 (16.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
94 (1.6%)

What the 1,685 workers did

  • Cultivators663 (39.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers254 (15.1%)
  • Household industry8 (0.5%)
  • Other work510 (30.3%)
  • Marginal workers250 (14.8%)

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 Asurali

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 5 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Dhamanagar block

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