Gram panchayat · Dahrmasala block · Jajpur

Badakanichi gram panchayat

Badakanichi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dahrmasala block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 7,015 people in 1,472 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dharmasala assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 8
Population (2011): 7,015
Literacy: 80.4%
Area: 4.4 km²
LGD code: 118331

Villages of Badakanichi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Kaimabada	647	3,168	83.0%	17%	0%
Naupal	184	839	86.4%	3%	0%
Arakhapada	139	711	81.0%	53%	0%
Derabar	166	690	79.3%	15%	0%
Bamphu	123	611	67.9%	23%	0%
Gogal	95	465	68.2%	14%	30%
Radhanagar	92	415	83.2%	7%	0%
Gopanagara	26	116	77.9%	56%	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 Badakanichi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,015; 3,543 male · 3,472 female
Households: 1,472; about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 80.4%; about the same as Dahrmasala block's villages (79.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 980; above Dahrmasala block's villages (966)
Children aged 0–6: 775; 11.0% of residents
Workers: 2,009; 28.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,347 (19.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 138 (2.0%)

What the 2,009 workers did

Cultivators279 (13.9%)
Agricultural labourers542 (27.0%)
Household industry23 (1.1%)
Other work705 (35.1%)
Marginal workers460 (22.9%)

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 Badakanichi

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 4 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

Primary school5 of 8
Middle school3 of 8
Secondary school1 of 8
Senior secondary school0 of 8
Degree college0 of 8

Health

Primary health centre0 of 8
Health sub-centre1 of 8
Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 8
Hand pump8 of 8
Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

All-weather road8 of 8
Public bus0 of 8
Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 8
Commercial bank0 of 8
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 8
Weekly haat1 of 8

Primary schools: 5
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Vegetables (2), Black What Nut (2), Pulses (1), Pulsees (1), Ground Nuts (1), Sugarcane (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 Dahrmasala block

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