Gram panchayat · Kantamal block · Boudh

Bilaspur gram panchayat

Bilaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantamal block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 24 villages, home to 7,286 people in 1,820 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantamal assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 24
Population (2011): 7,286
Literacy: 68.7%
Area: 32.2 km²
LGD code: 116816

Villages of Bilaspur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Padarapada	224	828	74.3%	28%	0%
Narasinghapur	148	632	68.2%	32%	2%
Talapada	143	554	60.9%	32%	0%
Pandiripada	99	541	81.4%	29%	4%
Kirikichipali	112	475	63.4%	44%	4%
Badarahajor	116	431	71.9%	47%	0%
Tilatinga	114	417	63.6%	48%	2%
Bichika	99	410	71.4%	26%	11%
Bilaspur	88	344	83.4%	10%	3%
Asinabir	91	328	77.2%	16%	0%
Sanarahajore	84	303	68.4%	21%	19%
Rakshyasakuti	72	289	55.3%	56%	4%
Thurubandhali	71	286	57.0%	7%	6%
Khairahana	69	267	71.7%	30%	10%
Dhundigora	53	221	63.6%	13%	0%
Thatipali	50	199	50.0%	20%	30%
Gambharigora	48	185	72.2%	23%	0%
Kadampal	38	163	66.2%	42%	0%
Badajunani	24	101	68.9%	0%	62%
Jamurlapadar	19	83	60.0%	0%	11%
Pankualapada	18	73	55.9%	0%	0%
Dinabandhupur	14	66	64.9%	33%	0%
Bikrampur	16	58	64.7%	0%	0%
Damapali	10	32	69.2%	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 Bilaspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,286; 3,700 male · 3,586 female
Households: 1,820; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 68.7%; above Kantamal block's villages (67.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 969; below Kantamal block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6: 1,079; 14.8% of residents
Workers: 3,549; 48.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,111 (29.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 364 (5.0%)

What the 3,549 workers did

Cultivators1,021 (28.8%)
Agricultural labourers590 (16.6%)
Household industry45 (1.3%)
Other work236 (6.6%)
Marginal workers1,657 (46.7%)

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 Bilaspur

How many of the 24 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 24 villages cover 32 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

Primary school17 of 24
Middle school6 of 24
Secondary school1 of 24
Senior secondary school0 of 24
Degree college0 of 24

Health

Primary health centre0 of 24
Health sub-centre1 of 24
Anganwadi centre17 of 24

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 24
Hand pump22 of 24
Electricity for homes2 of 24

Roads & transport

All-weather road20 of 24
Public bus2 of 24
Mobile phone coverage21 of 24

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 24
Commercial bank0 of 24
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 24
Weekly haat2 of 24

Primary schools: 17
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (24), Red Gram (11), Pulses (11), Arhar (9), Black Gram (6), Horse Gram (2), Mung (2), Sesamum (1).

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 Kantamal block

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