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Gram panchayat · Salepur block · Cuttack

Bhimdaspur gram panchayat

Bhimdaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Salepur block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 5,619 people in 1,441 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Salipur assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
5,619
Literacy
85.5%
Area
6.9 km²
LGD code
117119

Villages of Bhimdaspur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Talapada3931,39183.1%27%0%
Bhimdaspur2971,22788.5%6%0%
Oldia18777383.4%28%1%
Kusupur15466573.3%8%0%
Gothada12954287.7%34%1%
Bodhasara12243591.2%11%0%
Bhora8731996.2%23%0%
Praharajpur7226793.4%12%0%
Sanakamarda00–––

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 Bhimdaspur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,619
2,839 male · 2,780 female
Households
1,441
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.5%
above Salepur block's villages (84.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
979
above Salepur block's villages (963)
Children aged 0–6
560
10.0% of residents
Workers
1,715
30.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,048 (18.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
8 (0.1%)

What the 1,715 workers did

  • Cultivators349 (20.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers116 (6.8%)
  • Household industry54 (3.1%)
  • Other work336 (19.6%)
  • Marginal workers860 (50.1%)

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 Bhimdaspur

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 7 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school2 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).

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 Salepur block

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