Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Polabrudi gram panchayat

Polabrudi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 3,410 people in 737 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 3,410
Literacy: 57.5%
Area: 30.9 km²
LGD code: 118972

Villages of Polabrudi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Palabrudi	130	713	58.6%	23%	64%
Balipadar	150	616	62.1%	12%	29%
Darisuga	60	343	83.7%	5%	87%
Shrigoni	73	301	42.6%	9%	74%
Alimada	56	242	62.1%	19%	43%
Neripadar	61	241	57.2%	88%	0%
Kerengeli	48	205	53.8%	12%	39%
Sarapaju	27	132	44.3%	7%	90%
Sapitingia	24	105	48.4%	0%	59%
Apabiru	17	94	27.2%	0%	86%
Kadisaru and Kadikupa	20	94	60.5%	0%	94%
Kadi saru	21	88	54.8%	0%	73%
Bakadamai	14	76	35.8%	18%	82%
Dakari	10	49	59.5%	4%	96%
Labedi	6	31	38.1%	0%	45%
Kutanari	9	23	60.9%	0%	100%
Budeni	2	16	60.0%	0%	0%
Labedijungle	3	15	27.3%	0%	100%
Srahanimunda	4	15	0.0%	0%	100%
Benuri	2	11	60.0%	0%	55%

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 Polabrudi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,410; 1,596 male · 1,814 female
Households: 737; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 57.5%; below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,137; above Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6: 593; 17.4% of residents
Workers: 1,605; 47.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 592 (17.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,935 (56.7%)

What the 1,605 workers did

Cultivators296 (18.4%)
Agricultural labourers63 (3.9%)
Household industry16 (1.0%)
Other work166 (10.3%)
Marginal workers1,064 (66.3%)

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 Polabrudi

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 31 km², 18% of it sown with crops and 20% forest.

Education

Primary school9 of 20
Middle school2 of 20
Secondary school0 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre0 of 20
Anganwadi centre7 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump15 of 20
Electricity for homes5 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road3 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage7 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat1 of 20

Primary schools: 9
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Ragi (11), Turmeric (9), Horse Gram (7), Maize (4), Black Gram (3), Mustard (2), Millets (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 Phiringia block

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