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Gram panchayat · Jagannathprasad block · Ganjam

Budurungu gram panchayat

Budurungu is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jagannathprasad block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,134 people in 770 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhanjanagar assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,134
Literacy
81.6%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
117788

Villages of Budurungu

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sisunda3111,24078.8%17%0%
Budurungu2641,07082.0%20%0%
Dhodapalli15463487.3%30%0%
Chancharapalli4119079.3%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 Budurungu

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,134
1,575 male · 1,559 female
Households
770
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.6%
above Jagannathprasad block's villages (74.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
990
about the same as Jagannathprasad block's villages (990)
Children aged 0–6
325
10.4% of residents
Workers
1,286
41.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
613 (19.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2 (0.1%)

What the 1,286 workers did

  • Cultivators175 (13.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers175 (13.6%)
  • Household industry51 (4.0%)
  • Other work181 (14.1%)
  • Marginal workers704 (54.7%)

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 Budurungu

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 12 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 4
  • Public bus2 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
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 (4).

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 Jagannathprasad block

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