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Bijaya Laxminarayanpur gram panchayat

Bijaya Laxminarayanpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Digapahandi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,465 people in 718 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Digapahandi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,465
Literacy
68.1%
Area
7.4 km²
LGD code
117729

Villages of Bijaya Laxminarayanpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bijayalaxminarayanpur3431,57969.0%22%0%
Banamali2671,35064.5%15%1%
Raipur4221992.5%1%86%
Ghatiambagam179067.1%0%100%
Khajurai188259.1%0%100%
Ghatikandagam177592.8%0%92%
Padmapur126218.9%0%95%
Olagolanda2866.7%0%100%

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 Bijaya Laxminarayanpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,465
1,794 male · 1,671 female
Households
718
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.1%
above Digapahandi block's villages (62.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
931
below Digapahandi block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6
468
13.5% of residents
Workers
1,906
55.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
551 (15.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
517 (14.9%)

What the 1,906 workers did

  • Cultivators448 (23.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers774 (40.6%)
  • Household industry10 (0.5%)
  • Other work82 (4.3%)
  • Marginal workers592 (31.1%)

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 Bijaya Laxminarayanpur

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 7 km², 49% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 8
  • Middle school2 of 8
  • Secondary school2 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump3 of 8
  • Electricity for homes3 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Pulses (8), Til (5), Ragi (5), 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 Digapahandi block

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