Gram panchayat · Mohana block · Gajapati

Birikote gram panchayat

Birikote is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mohana block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 6,239 people in 1,299 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Mohana assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 6,239
Literacy: 50.3%
Area: 14.3 km²
LGD code: 117494

Villages of Birikote

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Birikote	447	2,311	65.4%	0%	14%
Dengili	112	537	39.3%	0%	70%
Punjasaragi	92	445	38.2%	0%	99%
Mahapadar	73	388	34.2%	0%	98%
Luthuri(Lutheri)	78	354	42.5%	0%	56%
Lathurigada	85	318	35.4%	0%	100%
Halapanka	52	282	52.4%	0%	97%
Thudikhala	66	275	35.7%	0%	84%
Poipani	52	208	51.5%	0%	28%
Bhaliasahi	38	178	44.7%	0%	78%
Kamering	37	162	54.3%	0%	33%
Bhurudu	29	157	45.2%	0%	75%
Rajabasa	35	148	48.4%	0%	94%
Purunagaon	24	124	30.3%	0%	100%
Dumpeta	28	111	55.2%	0%	81%
Pilika(Rajabasa)	25	109	27.4%	0%	100%
Karadapankal	20	102	40.3%	0%	100%
Mundeipada	6	30	14.8%	0%	97%
J.B.No-56 Chandrapalli	0	0	–	–	–
Jungle Block 45	0	0	–	–	–
Pankalaguda	0	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 Birikote

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,239; 3,123 male · 3,116 female
Households: 1,299; about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 50.3%; below Mohana block's villages (51.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 998; below Mohana block's villages (1,050)
Children aged 0–6: 1,121; 18.0% of residents
Workers: 3,223; 51.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 7 (0.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,508 (56.2%)

What the 3,223 workers did

Cultivators696 (21.6%)
Agricultural labourers219 (6.8%)
Household industry10 (0.3%)
Other work176 (5.5%)
Marginal workers2,122 (65.8%)

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 Birikote

How many of the 18 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 14 km², 31% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 18
Middle school5 of 18
Secondary school1 of 18
Senior secondary school0 of 18
Degree college0 of 18

Health

Primary health centre0 of 18
Health sub-centre1 of 18
Anganwadi centre15 of 18

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 18
Hand pump11 of 18
Electricity for homes16 of 18

Roads & transport

All-weather road8 of 18
Public bus2 of 18
Mobile phone coverage13 of 18

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 18
Commercial bank0 of 18
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 18
Weekly haat1 of 18

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Ragi (2).

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 Mohana block

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