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Gram panchayat · Junagarh block · Kalahandi

Charbahal gram panchayat

Charbahal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Junagarh block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 8,418 people in 2,218 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Junagarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
8,418
Literacy
59.4%
Area
22.7 km²
LGD code
118695

Villages of Charbahal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Char Bahal1,4855,70862.1%27%10%
Dhaner4501,60453.6%13%21%
Ghumerguda2831,10654.4%26%1%

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 Charbahal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,418
4,113 male · 4,305 female
Households
2,218
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
59.4%
above Junagarh block's villages (56.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,047
above Junagarh block's villages (1,005)
Children aged 0–6
1,131
13.4% of residents
Workers
4,343
51.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,060 (24.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
880 (10.5%)

What the 4,343 workers did

  • Cultivators816 (18.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers1,185 (27.3%)
  • Household industry49 (1.1%)
  • Other work277 (6.4%)
  • Marginal workers2,016 (46.4%)

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 Charbahal

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 23 km², 88% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes1 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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 Junagarh block

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