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Gram panchayat · Tirtol block · Jagatsinghpur

Birtol gram panchayat

Birtol is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tirtol block of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,614 people in 1,075 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Tirtol assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,614
Literacy
87.1%
Area
4.3 km²
LGD code
118210

Villages of Birtol

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Biritol4942,21186.5%32%0%
Salampur2991,19888.3%25%0%
Rasul Pur19784188.0%0%0%
Jhankeswar7029886.0%42%0%
Brahmapur156679.7%100%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 Birtol

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,614
2,347 male · 2,267 female
Households
1,075
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.1%
below Tirtol block's villages (88.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
966
below Tirtol block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6
446
9.7% of residents
Workers
1,430
31.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,184 (25.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
1 (0.0%)

What the 1,430 workers did

  • Cultivators347 (24.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers200 (14.0%)
  • Household industry43 (3.0%)
  • Other work516 (36.1%)
  • Marginal workers324 (22.7%)

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 Birtol

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 4 km², 85% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school2 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 5
  • Public bus1 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat3 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Pulses (5), Biri (4), Mung (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 Tirtol block

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