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Gram panchayat · Gumma block · Gajapati

Badakalakote gram panchayat

Badakalakote is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gumma block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 3,412 people in 693 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
3,412
Literacy
56.4%
Area
44.6 km²
LGD code
117459

Villages of Badakalakote

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Badakalakote2401,33262.6%0%98%
Tumukar11854057.4%0%99%
Jangjangal7432450.9%0%99%
Sanakalakote5926374.9%0%100%
Kulang3316927.8%0%99%
Saruabada3315644.4%0%98%
Taramangada2613742.1%0%91%
Titisingi2613233.9%0%99%
Jangatar2711854.5%0%100%
Ragaijhol2411641.8%0%99%
Bangidisingi218564.4%0%100%
Sarmankun83252.0%0%97%
Garlip4875.0%0%100%
Sailunda00–––

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 Badakalakote

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,412
1,736 male · 1,676 female
Households
693
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
56.4%
above Gumma block's villages (47.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
965
below Gumma block's villages (1,048)
Children aged 0–6
442
13.0% of residents
Workers
1,699
49.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
0 (0.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,351 (98.2%)

What the 1,699 workers did

  • Cultivators581 (34.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers347 (20.4%)
  • Household industry20 (1.2%)
  • Other work86 (5.1%)
  • Marginal workers665 (39.1%)

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 Badakalakote

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 45 km², 20% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 13
  • Middle school2 of 13
  • Secondary school1 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre1 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump2 of 13
  • Electricity for homes6 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 13
  • Public bus0 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 13
  • Weekly haat0 of 13
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Ragi (8).

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 Gumma block

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