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Gram panchayat · Bari block · Jajpur

Bhanra gram panchayat

Bhanra is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bari block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 7,695 people in 1,936 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bari assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
7,695
Literacy
80.7%
Area
9.1 km²
LGD code
118283

Villages of Bhanra

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Chikanauninhabited5852,18574.8%49%0%
Bhanra4291,78678.2%46%0%
Bhurunga2871,17674.9%37%0%
Chatumari2471,04393.5%35%0%
Sanga Gadei Pur17675885.3%23%0%
Raipur21274790.6%17%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 Bhanra

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,695
3,885 male · 3,810 female
Households
1,936
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
80.7%
about the same as Bari block's villages (80.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
981
below Bari block's villages (1,003)
Children aged 0–6
810
10.5% of residents
Workers
2,206
28.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
3,000 (39.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
4 (0.1%)

What the 2,206 workers did

  • Cultivators270 (12.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers450 (20.4%)
  • Household industry70 (3.2%)
  • Other work395 (17.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,021 (46.3%)

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 Bhanra

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 9 km², 8% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school5 of 6
  • Secondary school3 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump4 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Ground Nuts (5), Black Gram (3), Blackgram (1), Pulses (1), Blaclgram (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 Bari block

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