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Badagosani gram panchayat

Badagosani is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gosani block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 4,791 people in 1,279 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
4,791
Literacy
65.0%
Area
27.9 km²
LGD code
117438

Villages of Badagosani

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jangalpadu2621,01268.4%16%0%
Badanilapur19563849.5%9%0%
Ankudu19963657.9%17%0%
Mahadevipur13354175.8%7%0%
Kaithada11852767.5%13%0%
Uttarselli13346066.7%7%0%
Badagosani11441858.2%30%0%
Souragosani6633884.8%9%43%
Swagimahadeipur2711364.9%0%100%
Biranarayanpur3210856.7%5%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 Badagosani

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,791
2,332 male · 2,459 female
Households
1,279
about 3.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.0%
above Gosani block's villages (55.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,054
above Gosani block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
479
10.0% of residents
Workers
2,267
47.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
623 (13.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
257 (5.4%)

What the 2,267 workers did

  • Cultivators268 (11.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers437 (19.3%)
  • Household industry11 (0.5%)
  • Other work449 (19.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,102 (48.6%)

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 Badagosani

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 28 km², 83% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 10
  • Middle school6 of 10
  • Secondary school0 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre3 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes10 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 10
  • Public bus4 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Gram (4), Til (3), Ground Nuts (3), Sugarcane (3), Vegetables (2), 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 Gosani block

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