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Gram panchayat · Nischinta Koili block · Cuttack

Badakhira gram panchayat

Badakhira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nischinta Koili block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,175 people in 1,176 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Cuttack Sadar assembly constituency and the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
5,175
Literacy
86.8%
Area
3.6 km²
LGD code
275359

Villages of Badakhira

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gopapur6082,76287.4%17%0%
Badakhira5682,41386.1%22%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 Badakhira

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,175
2,621 male · 2,554 female
Households
1,176
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.8%
above Nischinta Koili block's villages (84.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
974
above Nischinta Koili block's villages (963)
Children aged 0–6
510
9.9% of residents
Workers
1,901
36.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,017 (19.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
3 (0.1%)

What the 1,901 workers did

  • Cultivators315 (16.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers254 (13.4%)
  • Household industry20 (1.1%)
  • Other work620 (32.6%)
  • Marginal workers692 (36.4%)

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 Badakhira

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 4 km², 83% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 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 bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2).

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 Nischinta Koili block

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