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Gram panchayat · Gosani block · Gajapati

Bomika gram panchayat

Bomika is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gosani block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 1,965 people in 504 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
1,965
Literacy
54.3%
Area
20.3 km²
LGD code
117442

Villages of Bomika

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bomika19580053.3%37%6%
Sailoda15058157.8%15%0%
Badadeula8933851.5%26%41%
Chintapali4213858.3%30%3%
Sanadeula2810846.8%3%97%

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 Bomika

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,965
935 male · 1,030 female
Households
504
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
54.3%
below Gosani block's villages (55.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,102
above Gosani block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
220
11.2% of residents
Workers
1,026
52.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
513 (26.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
292 (14.9%)

What the 1,026 workers did

  • Cultivators182 (17.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers188 (18.3%)
  • Household industry12 (1.2%)
  • Other work299 (29.1%)
  • Marginal workers345 (33.6%)

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 Bomika

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 20 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school1 of 5
  • Secondary school0 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Sugarcane (1), Cashew Nut (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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