Gram panchayat · Bhawanipatna block · Kalahandi

Tal-belgaon gram panchayat

Tal-belgaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 4,618 people in 1,082 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 15
Population (2011): 4,618
Literacy: 49.6%
Area: 28.3 km²
LGD code: 118624

Villages of Tal-belgaon

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Thuapadar	360	1,478	65.4%	13%	19%
Kerandi Hapar	124	614	38.0%	17%	76%
Palsipada	131	544	49.3%	7%	83%
Kenduguda	111	440	52.3%	21%	61%
Khaing	66	318	12.0%	42%	52%
Talabelgaon	64	260	44.7%	23%	77%
Kaksi	45	228	39.9%	0%	100%
Mahijor	44	179	60.3%	28%	47%
Uparbelgaon	38	174	49.7%	59%	41%
Upar Kenduguda	39	132	36.6%	0%	86%
Kuturuguda	23	107	38.5%	2%	98%
Chandeli	21	87	19.7%	0%	97%
Bodhipadar	14	51	44.2%	4%	86%
Khurasanpur	2	6	100.0%	0%	0%
Sarangabahali	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 Tal-belgaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,618; 2,277 male · 2,341 female
Households: 1,082; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 49.6%; below Bhawanipatna block's villages (57.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,028; above Bhawanipatna block's villages (1,000)
Children aged 0–6: 756; 16.4% of residents
Workers: 1,978; 42.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 774 (16.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,569 (55.6%)

What the 1,978 workers did

Cultivators327 (16.5%)
Agricultural labourers326 (16.5%)
Household industry8 (0.4%)
Other work675 (34.1%)
Marginal workers642 (32.5%)

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 Tal-belgaon

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 28 km², 59% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

Primary school8 of 14
Middle school4 of 14
Secondary school2 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre1 of 14
Anganwadi centre7 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump13 of 14
Electricity for homes8 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road4 of 14
Public bus0 of 14
Mobile phone coverage12 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 14
Weekly haat0 of 14

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Ragi (11), Vegetables (1), Cotton (1), Kandul (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 Bhawanipatna block

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