Gram panchayat · Dharakote block · Ganjam

Baharpur gram panchayat

Baharpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dharakote block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 8,900 people in 1,964 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sanakhemundi assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 8,900
Literacy: 56.1%
Area: 36 km²
LGD code: 117707

Villages of Baharpur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Baharapur	472	1,977	46.1%	14%	0%
Padmapur	359	1,891	64.8%	11%	0%
Dakibaja	306	1,224	57.7%	24%	0%
Bakharakata	222	1,147	71.8%	30%	10%
Kendupalli	127	616	72.6%	24%	0%
Kathagada	122	477	66.9%	17%	21%
Sarapada	112	431	33.0%	26%	0%
Jagannathpur	79	321	37.1%	27%	15%
Malijhar	56	282	25.4%	0%	100%
Madhapur	35	182	64.6%	36%	0%
TinitinaPalli	27	109	18.9%	0%	86%
Malijharhill	16	84	18.8%	0%	100%
Torapalli	12	80	25.8%	0%	51%
Kadhakendupalli	15	59	62.3%	0%	100%
Gopalpur	4	20	5.9%	0%	0%
Ambadabanahill	0	0	–	–	–
Badapalli	0	0	–	–	–
Dhimiripalli	0	0	–	–	–
Dhobapalli	0	0	–	–	–
Kharipalliuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Malijharahill	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 Baharpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,900; 4,417 male · 4,483 female
Households: 1,964; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 56.1%; below Dharakote block's villages (63.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,015; about the same as Dharakote block's villages (1,017)
Children aged 0–6: 1,232; 13.8% of residents
Workers: 4,553; 51.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,606 (18.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 825 (9.3%)

What the 4,553 workers did

Cultivators1,271 (27.9%)
Agricultural labourers763 (16.8%)
Household industry50 (1.1%)
Other work508 (11.2%)
Marginal workers1,961 (43.1%)

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 Baharpur

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 36 km², 30% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 15
Middle school3 of 15
Secondary school2 of 15
Senior secondary school0 of 15
Degree college0 of 15

Health

Primary health centre0 of 15
Health sub-centre4 of 15
Anganwadi centre9 of 15

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 15
Hand pump14 of 15
Electricity for homes13 of 15

Roads & transport

All-weather road8 of 15
Public bus1 of 15
Mobile phone coverage13 of 15

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 15
Commercial bank0 of 15
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 15
Weekly haat2 of 15

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 4

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Pulses (4), Maize (3), Ragi (2), Moong (2), Pea (2), Vegetable (2), Mandia (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 Dharakote block

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