Gram panchayat · Narala block · Kalahandi

Bad-dharpur gram panchayat

Bad-dharpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Narala block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 4,438 people in 1,224 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Narla assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 13
Population (2011): 4,438
Literacy: 66.6%
Area: 16.8 km²
LGD code: 118824

Villages of Bad-dharpur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Ratul	203	718	61.4%	7%	29%
Tikirapara	184	659	74.4%	25%	31%
Badadharpur	151	545	81.9%	8%	36%
Dhurkuti	132	462	60.5%	11%	30%
Pajidahani	91	351	55.1%	30%	5%
Sanadhar pur	83	312	60.4%	7%	6%
Kucheijore	86	301	68.7%	2%	29%
Khaing	71	294	72.5%	0%	41%
Nagajhari	80	282	58.4%	3%	1%
Sapdahani	62	201	55.7%	18%	15%
Tentulipadar	44	180	66.9%	11%	0%
Sonepur	37	133	76.5%	5%	11%
Dhusuguda	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 Bad-dharpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,438; 2,182 male · 2,256 female
Households: 1,224; about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 66.6%; about the same as Narala block's villages (67.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,034; above Narala block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6: 638; 14.4% of residents
Workers: 2,257; 50.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 510 (11.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,041 (23.5%)

What the 2,257 workers did

Cultivators300 (13.3%)
Agricultural labourers319 (14.1%)
Household industry34 (1.5%)
Other work144 (6.4%)
Marginal workers1,460 (64.7%)

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 Bad-dharpur

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 17 km², 75% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 12
Middle school3 of 12
Secondary school1 of 12
Senior secondary school0 of 12
Degree college0 of 12

Health

Primary health centre0 of 12
Health sub-centre0 of 12
Anganwadi centre8 of 12

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 12
Hand pump12 of 12
Electricity for homes11 of 12

Roads & transport

All-weather road12 of 12
Public bus2 of 12
Mobile phone coverage11 of 12

Services

Post office or sub post office0 of 12
Commercial bank0 of 12
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 12
Weekly haat0 of 12

Primary schools: 9
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Pulses (7), Vegetable (7), Black Gram (5), Vegetable, Onion (1), Vegetable, Sunflower (1), Green Gram (1), Maize (1). Handicrafts: Bamboo Products (2), (Basket Weaving) (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 Narala block

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