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Gram panchayat · Harabhanga block · Boudh

Bandhapathar gram panchayat

Bandhapathar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Harabhanga block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,172 people in 1,275 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Boudh assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,172
Literacy
75.3%
Area
11.7 km²
LGD code
116797

Villages of Bandhapathar

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bandhapathar4691,72671.2%26%1%
Ranisahi20383681.4%15%0%
Nakuanali18172669.4%8%0%
Gudapada13359875.0%15%1%
Baghapali8840276.4%29%0%
Basantabahal7234381.1%23%0%
Lambakani6628780.5%6%0%
Bagodohali2913081.5%8%0%
Bhejimal3412485.2%6%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 Bandhapathar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,172
2,615 male · 2,557 female
Households
1,275
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.3%
above Harabhanga block's villages (74.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
978
about the same as Harabhanga block's villages (987)
Children aged 0–6
652
12.6% of residents
Workers
2,422
46.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
952 (18.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
17 (0.3%)

What the 2,422 workers did

  • Cultivators412 (17.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers542 (22.4%)
  • Household industry266 (11.0%)
  • Other work203 (8.4%)
  • Marginal workers999 (41.2%)

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 Bandhapathar

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 12 km², 81% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 9
  • Middle school3 of 9
  • Secondary school1 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre0 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes0 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road9 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 9
  • Weekly haat1 of 9
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9), Pulses (9), Mung (5), Arhar (2).

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 Harabhanga block

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