Gram panchayat · Kantamal block · Boudh

Palasagora gram panchayat

Palasagora is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantamal block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 8,837 people in 2,215 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantamal assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 8,837
Literacy: 66.4%
Area: 29 km²
LGD code: 116831

Villages of Palasagora

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Palasagora	271	1,078	71.2%	23%	0%
Dapala	273	1,072	63.5%	33%	4%
Baghiabahal	261	1,062	87.6%	29%	4%
Para	162	702	78.4%	34%	6%
Ghulughulapadar	186	675	66.3%	40%	11%
Junani	161	655	50.2%	14%	9%
Rugudipali	176	655	38.6%	16%	7%
Dhanakhandi	129	546	50.3%	21%	1%
Baghamunda	120	521	83.4%	17%	0%
Pipalpali	117	442	73.4%	5%	10%
Jhinkarapali	82	321	56.3%	23%	2%
Kundamal	76	299	47.9%	48%	8%
Dengapadar	55	225	60.5%	12%	6%
Baghad	59	213	61.9%	15%	23%
Guabahal	49	207	63.6%	25%	0%
Paikabahal	38	164	79.0%	2%	17%

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 Palasagora

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,837; 4,393 male · 4,444 female
Households: 2,215; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 66.4%; about the same as Kantamal block's villages (67.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,012; above Kantamal block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6: 1,222; 13.8% of residents
Workers: 4,272; 48.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,173 (24.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 484 (5.5%)

What the 4,272 workers did

Cultivators1,079 (25.3%)
Agricultural labourers618 (14.5%)
Household industry211 (4.9%)
Other work483 (11.3%)
Marginal workers1,881 (44.0%)

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 Palasagora

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 29 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 16
Middle school5 of 16
Secondary school2 of 16
Senior secondary school1 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre13 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump14 of 16
Electricity for homes4 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road3 of 16
Public bus1 of 16
Mobile phone coverage16 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 16
Weekly haat1 of 16

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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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