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Gram panchayat · Banki- Dampara block · Cuttack

Banara gram panchayat

Banara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Banki- Dampara block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 4,456 people in 980 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Banki assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
4,456
Literacy
83.8%
Area
9.9 km²
LGD code
116919

Villages of Banara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Banara9804,45683.8%9%5%

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 Banara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,456
2,257 male · 2,199 female
Households
980
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.8%
above Banki- Dampara block's villages (82.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
974
above Banki- Dampara block's villages (925)
Children aged 0–6
473
10.6% of residents
Workers
1,535
34.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
411 (9.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
227 (5.1%)

What the 1,535 workers did

  • Cultivators443 (28.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers350 (22.8%)
  • Household industry15 (1.0%)
  • Other work570 (37.1%)
  • Marginal workers157 (10.2%)

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 Banara

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 10 km², 24% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre1 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus1 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Banki- Dampara block

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