Gram panchayat · Bhawanipatna block · Kalahandi

Gand-barajhola gram panchayat

Gand-barajhola is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 18 villages, home to 9,077 people in 2,290 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhawanipatana assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 18
Population (2011): 9,077
Literacy: 57.2%
Area: 25.8 km²
LGD code: 118604

Villages of Gand-barajhola

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Tilajodi	273	1,051	52.5%	12%	51%
Phukjodi	210	860	49.6%	10%	40%
Bhejipadar	186	826	69.7%	45%	40%
Ichhapur	206	786	58.5%	34%	27%
Karatikili	186	728	43.2%	48%	16%
Gondbarajhola	171	650	53.0%	8%	61%
Salebhata	142	594	57.7%	9%	51%
Saradhapur	151	588	67.0%	23%	5%
Balarampur	133	494	51.7%	7%	26%
Kurlubhata	113	436	45.0%	18%	74%
Upkabhata	87	355	67.4%	14%	21%
Kandhabarajhola	94	340	71.0%	21%	21%
Gudialipadar	83	319	65.3%	4%	14%
Bhataguda	70	307	63.6%	5%	37%
Dorapadar	74	302	62.5%	18%	72%
Raisingpur	71	266	56.5%	16%	20%
Gananathpur	40	175	56.9%	37%	41%
Padelpita	0	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 Gand-barajhola

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 9,077; 4,555 male · 4,522 female
Households: 2,290; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 57.2%; about the same as Bhawanipatna block's villages (57.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 993; about the same as Bhawanipatna block's villages (1,000)
Children aged 0–6: 1,419; 15.6% of residents
Workers: 3,974; 43.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,869 (20.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,369 (37.1%)

What the 3,974 workers did

Cultivators651 (16.4%)
Agricultural labourers540 (13.6%)
Household industry25 (0.6%)
Other work1,015 (25.5%)
Marginal workers1,743 (43.9%)

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 Gand-barajhola

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 18 villages cover 26 km², 59% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 17
Middle school4 of 17
Secondary school2 of 17
Senior secondary school0 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre1 of 17
Anganwadi centre17 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump11 of 17
Electricity for homes16 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road6 of 17
Public bus5 of 17
Mobile phone coverage17 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 17
Weekly haat0 of 17

Primary schools: 18
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Pulses (9), Cotton (5), Vegetables (4), Moong (4), 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 Bhawanipatna block

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