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Gram panchayat · Parjang block · Dhenkanal

Basoi gram panchayat

Basoi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Parjang block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,737 people in 1,152 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
4,737
Literacy
79.1%
Area
13.4 km²
LGD code
117414

Villages of Basoi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Basoi1,1264,61979.0%14%4%
Alekhapatana2611883.3%0%100%

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 Basoi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,737
2,391 male · 2,346 female
Households
1,152
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.1%
above Parjang block's villages (77.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
981
above Parjang block's villages (965)
Children aged 0–6
510
10.8% of residents
Workers
1,634
34.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
655 (13.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
325 (6.9%)

What the 1,634 workers did

  • Cultivators355 (21.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers222 (13.6%)
  • Household industry84 (5.1%)
  • Other work305 (18.7%)
  • Marginal workers668 (40.9%)

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 Basoi

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 13 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

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

Health

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

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes1 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 2

Services

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

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Black Gram (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 Parjang block

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