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Uparbaruhan gram panchayat

Uparbaruhan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jajpur block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 6,658 people in 1,328 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
6,658
Literacy
84.8%
Area
5.9 km²
LGD code
118439

Villages of Uparbaruhan

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Upparbaruhan5622,83483.3%19%0%
Sanakujhala3271,79286.9%12%0%
Kacherigan3451,62486.3%21%0%
Kusunpur9440879.5%46%4%

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 Uparbaruhan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,658
3,396 male · 3,262 female
Households
1,328
about 5.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.8%
above Jajpur block's villages (82.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
961
about the same as Jajpur block's villages (954)
Children aged 0–6
768
11.5% of residents
Workers
1,950
29.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,262 (19.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
24 (0.4%)

What the 1,950 workers did

  • Cultivators444 (22.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers439 (22.5%)
  • Household industry79 (4.1%)
  • Other work667 (34.2%)
  • Marginal workers321 (16.5%)

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 Uparbaruhan

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 6 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus2 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Ground Nuts (3), Vegetable (2).

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 Jajpur block

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