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Gram panchayat · Banki- Dampara block · Cuttack

Talabasta gram panchayat

Talabasta is a gram panchayat (village council) in Banki- Dampara block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 12,727 people in 3,005 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Banki assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
12,727
Literacy
81.1%
Area
42 km²
LGD code
116933

Villages of Talabasta

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tala Basta2,69511,36180.8%16%10%
Padanapur3101,36683.5%20%23%

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 Talabasta

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
12,727
6,508 male · 6,219 female
Households
3,005
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.1%
below Banki- Dampara block's villages (82.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
956
above Banki- Dampara block's villages (925)
Children aged 0–6
1,553
12.2% of residents
Workers
4,050
31.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,108 (16.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,437 (11.3%)

What the 4,050 workers did

  • Cultivators694 (17.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers750 (18.5%)
  • Household industry64 (1.6%)
  • Other work1,317 (32.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,225 (30.2%)

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 Talabasta

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 42 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school2 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus2 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 2
  • Commercial bank1 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Rabi Crops (1), Vegetable (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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