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Gram panchayat · Parjang block · Dhenkanal

Basulei gram panchayat

Basulei is a gram panchayat (village council) in Parjang block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 4,682 people in 1,121 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
4,682
Literacy
73.5%
Area
19.5 km²
LGD code
117415

Villages of Basulei

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Basulei1,1214,68273.5%15%26%

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 Basulei

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,682
2,439 male · 2,243 female
Households
1,121
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
73.5%
below Parjang block's villages (77.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
920
below Parjang block's villages (965)
Children aged 0–6
507
10.8% of residents
Workers
1,646
35.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
714 (15.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,239 (26.5%)

What the 1,646 workers did

  • Cultivators143 (8.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers217 (13.2%)
  • Household industry32 (1.9%)
  • Other work219 (13.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,035 (62.9%)

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 Basulei

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 19 km², 39% of it sown with crops and 37% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 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 bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Black Gram (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 Parjang block

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