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Gram panchayat · Golamunda block · Kalahandi

Brundabahal gram panchayat

Brundabahal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Golamunda block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 6,354 people in 1,654 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Junagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
6,354
Literacy
61.8%
Area
21.3 km²
LGD code
118649

Villages of Brundabahal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Brundabahal1,0053,86866.0%9%2%
Baijalpur3541,44253.2%17%54%
Goindimunda22077754.1%6%20%
Dumerbahal7526770.8%0%20%

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 Brundabahal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,354
3,240 male · 3,114 female
Households
1,654
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
61.8%
above Golamunda block's villages (55.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
961
below Golamunda block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6
818
12.9% of residents
Workers
3,250
51.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
638 (10.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,052 (16.6%)

What the 3,250 workers did

  • Cultivators673 (20.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers457 (14.1%)
  • Household industry36 (1.1%)
  • Other work389 (12.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,695 (52.2%)

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 Brundabahal

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 21 km², 39% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school2 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump3 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Pulses (4), Vegetable (2), Ground Nut (1), Ground Nuts (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 Golamunda block

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