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Gram panchayat · Balikuda block · Jagatsinghpur

Kusupur gram panchayat

Kusupur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balikuda block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 6,409 people in 1,314 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Balikuda-Erasama assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
6,409
Literacy
80.4%
Area
21.8 km²
LGD code
118058

Villages of Kusupur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tentulibelari5782,93883.5%5%1%
Kusupur4742,18476.3%0%2%
Khadikadanda2621,28780.5%6%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 Kusupur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,409
3,336 male · 3,073 female
Households
1,314
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.4%
below Balikuda block's villages (85.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
921
below Balikuda block's villages (971)
Children aged 0–6
661
10.3% of residents
Workers
2,093
32.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
238 (3.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
64 (1.0%)

What the 2,093 workers did

  • Cultivators1,112 (53.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers371 (17.7%)
  • Household industry29 (1.4%)
  • Other work274 (13.1%)
  • Marginal workers307 (14.7%)

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 Kusupur

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 22 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), 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 Balikuda block

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