Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur

Baharana gram panchayat

Baharana is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 5,240 people in 1,271 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 16
Population (2011): 5,240
Literacy: 84.9%
Area: 7.1 km²
LGD code: 118049

Villages of Baharana

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Baharana	208	875	84.2%	15%	0%
Tainkul	207	827	89.1%	17%	0%
Olansa	158	714	81.5%	0%	0%
Talakusuma	99	428	88.9%	18%	0%
Sogala	98	354	81.4%	35%	0%
Garia	87	353	79.8%	21%	0%
Katijanga	97	325	83.3%	28%	0%
Sirailo	63	318	89.7%	17%	0%
Deuli	64	271	92.3%	3%	0%
Arilo	64	270	93.6%	0%	0%
Kodamula	54	211	79.8%	20%	0%
Ratisinga	47	192	65.9%	66%	0%
Rangalo	14	67	82.0%	7%	0%
Suanlo	11	35	91.2%	0%	0%
Sana Talakusuma	0	0	–	–	–
Santola	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 Baharana

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,240; 2,653 male · 2,587 female
Households: 1,271; about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 84.9%; about the same as Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 975; about the same as Balikuda block's villages (971)
Children aged 0–6: 486; 9.3% of residents
Workers: 2,115; 40.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 878 (16.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 0 (0.0%)

What the 2,115 workers did

Cultivators497 (23.5%)
Agricultural labourers186 (8.8%)
Household industry33 (1.6%)
Other work516 (24.4%)
Marginal workers883 (41.7%)

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 Baharana

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 7 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

Primary school10 of 14
Middle school2 of 14
Secondary school0 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre1 of 14
Anganwadi centre10 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump13 of 14
Electricity for homes13 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road1 of 14
Public bus1 of 14
Mobile phone coverage14 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 14
Weekly haat0 of 14

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Pulses (12), Mango,Coconut (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 Balikuda block

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