Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur
Garam gram panchayat
Garam is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,858 people in 1,140 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 4,858
- Literacy
- 82.9%
- Area
- 5.9 km²
- LGD code
- 118053
Villages of Garam
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 Garam
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,858
- 2,475 male · 2,383 female
- Households
- 1,140
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.9%
- below Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 963
- about the same as Balikuda block's villages (971)
- Children aged 0–6
- 496
- 10.2% of residents
- Workers
- 1,882
- 38.7% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,531 (31.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3 (0.1%)
What the 1,882 workers did
- Cultivators307 (16.3%)
- Agricultural labourers511 (27.2%)
- Household industry35 (1.9%)
- Other work378 (20.1%)
- Marginal workers651 (34.6%)
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 Garam
How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 6 km², 96% of it sown with crops.
Education
- Primary school2 of 2
- Middle school2 of 2
- Secondary school2 of 2
- Senior secondary school0 of 2
- Degree college0 of 2
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 2
- Health sub-centre1 of 2
- Anganwadi centre2 of 2
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 2
- Hand pump2 of 2
- Electricity for homes2 of 2
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 2
- Public bus1 of 2
- Mobile phone coverage2 of 2
Services
- Post office or sub post office2 of 2
- Commercial bank0 of 2
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
- Weekly haat0 of 2
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 4
- Secondary schools
- 4
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Vegetables (2), Mango,Coconut,Banana,Pineaple (1), Mango,Coconut,Banana (1). Handicrafts: Carpenter (1), Sewing (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
- Adhanga
- Alabol
- Alavar
- Ambasala
- Anantapur
- Apandara
- Arilo
- Badagaon
- Baharana
- Balikuda
- Baramundali
- Borikana
- Ichhapur
- Kailo
- Khalagaon
- Krushnadaspur
- Kusupur
- Machhagaon
- Marichpur
- Mulugaon
- Nagapur
- Naharana
- Osakana
- Rahana
- Sangrampur
- Tandikula
- Tarasahi
- Thailo
- Titira
Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Garam? Share it with us.