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Gram panchayat · Gosani block · Gajapati

Bhusukudi gram panchayat

Bhusukudi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gosani block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 2,248 people in 575 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
2,248
Literacy
53.8%
Area
16.7 km²
LGD code
117441

Villages of Bhusukudi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bhuskudi4621,83453.0%6%0%
Lingipur11341457.4%28%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 Bhusukudi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,248
1,087 male · 1,161 female
Households
575
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
53.8%
below Gosani block's villages (55.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,068
above Gosani block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
221
9.8% of residents
Workers
1,239
55.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
216 (9.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,239 workers did

  • Cultivators406 (32.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers238 (19.2%)
  • Household industry15 (1.2%)
  • Other work171 (13.8%)
  • Marginal workers409 (33.0%)

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 Bhusukudi

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 17 km², 79% of it sown with crops and 0% 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 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 office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Sugarcane (1), Sunflower (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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