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Gram panchayat · Beguniapada block · Ganjam

Burujhari gram panchayat

Burujhari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Beguniapada block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 6,352 people in 1,316 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
6,352
Literacy
68.4%
Area
12 km²
LGD code
117598

Villages of Burujhari

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Padmapurnuagam5312,55162.7%19%0%
Burujhuri5052,45571.0%16%0%
Kaniaribadi2801,34674.4%3%0%
Basantabanauninhabited00–––
Basantabanauninhabited00–––
Hilluninhabited00–––
Kandhatotapadauninhabited00–––
Khetabasantabanauninhabited00–––
Khetabasantabanauninhabited00–––
Sahajapatauninhabited00–––

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 Burujhari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,352
3,201 male · 3,151 female
Households
1,316
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.4%
above Beguniapada block's villages (66.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
984
about the same as Beguniapada block's villages (987)
Children aged 0–6
825
13.0% of residents
Workers
3,096
48.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
915 (14.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 3,096 workers did

  • Cultivators783 (25.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,027 (33.2%)
  • Household industry80 (2.6%)
  • Other work358 (11.6%)
  • Marginal workers848 (27.4%)

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 Burujhari

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 12 km², 70% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus2 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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 Beguniapada block

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