Gram panchayat · Dharakote block · Ganjam

Balarampur gram panchayat

Balarampur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dharakote block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 5,361 people in 1,158 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Sanakhemundi assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 5,361
Literacy: 46.5%
Area: 16.5 km²
LGD code: 117708

Villages of Balarampur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Balarampur	215	1,170	55.0%	37%	21%
Usta	192	824	65.6%	19%	4%
Jalli	168	708	38.7%	3%	95%
Jaganathapur	96	429	71.9%	0%	0%
Lalitapur	80	371	52.7%	15%	0%
Kadaguda	76	316	31.5%	0%	0%
Sagadabasa	52	287	37.8%	0%	99%
Fatachanchara	63	240	24.1%	2%	96%
Tanarjipalli	46	195	23.3%	0%	100%
Kanheipur	38	192	46.2%	17%	80%
Jhirijhira	30	175	5.4%	0%	100%
Haladibagada	26	131	21.2%	0%	100%
Rangamatia	24	114	27.3%	0%	100%
Kandhaburupada	18	96	14.5%	0%	100%
Damapur	24	86	19.2%	0%	100%
Aliguda	10	27	16.7%	0%	100%
Agula	0	0	–	–	–
Makundapur	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 Balarampur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,361; 2,669 male · 2,692 female
Households: 1,158; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 46.5%; below Dharakote block's villages (63.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,009; about the same as Dharakote block's villages (1,017)
Children aged 0–6: 859; 16.0% of residents
Workers: 2,654; 49.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 706 (13.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,442 (45.6%)

What the 2,654 workers did

Cultivators760 (28.6%)
Agricultural labourers504 (19.0%)
Household industry55 (2.1%)
Other work222 (8.4%)
Marginal workers1,113 (41.9%)

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 Balarampur

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 17 km², 43% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 16
Middle school2 of 16
Secondary school0 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre3 of 16
Anganwadi centre8 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes7 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road3 of 16
Public bus3 of 16
Mobile phone coverage15 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 16
Weekly haat0 of 16

Primary schools: 10
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 3

Main crops named by villages: Ragi (14), Paddy (5), Pulses (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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