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Gram panchayat · Tumudibandh block · Kandhamal

Bilamala gram panchayat

Bilamala is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tumudibandh block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 23 villages, home to 3,339 people in 835 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
23
Population (2011)
3,339
Literacy
32.2%
Area
22.6 km²
LGD code
119011

Villages of Bilamala

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bilamal15664341.4%59%6%
Dhudusi16859944.3%73%0%
Khadapanga8431046.9%24%7%
Goibali4017558.6%87%2%
Dhamanapanga3314727.9%18%82%
Muskasaru331455.1%0%99%
Golampanga261251.0%0%100%
Karanjikana2812128.3%0%100%
Silkuri3111715.2%0%32%
Mundamaska231168.2%0%100%
Kineri2711118.0%0%100%
Dumamaska2510934.8%2%98%
Bikapanga2410838.4%0%100%
Rajam289242.5%3%97%
Sakasata199021.1%44%52%
Goibali21829.1%6%4%
Saperabhatta16621.9%0%100%
Pasakadi12450.0%0%100%
Karlangi93915.2%0%100%
Dharnimaska153814.8%0%0%
Ambidikhol7310.0%0%100%
Jubenal51925.0%0%0%
Galebada5150.0%0%100%

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 Bilamala

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,339
1,556 male · 1,783 female
Households
835
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
32.2%
below Tumudibandh block's villages (48.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,146
above Tumudibandh block's villages (1,043)
Children aged 0–6
537
16.1% of residents
Workers
1,586
47.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,117 (33.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,383 (41.4%)

What the 1,586 workers did

  • Cultivators164 (10.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers342 (21.6%)
  • Household industry3 (0.2%)
  • Other work88 (5.5%)
  • Marginal workers989 (62.4%)

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 Bilamala

How many of the 23 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 23 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 66% forest.

Education

  • Primary school13 of 23
  • Middle school2 of 23
  • Secondary school1 of 23
  • Senior secondary school0 of 23
  • Degree college0 of 23

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 23
  • Health sub-centre1 of 23
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 23

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 23
  • Hand pump16 of 23
  • Electricity for homes1 of 23

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road23 of 23
  • Public bus0 of 23
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 23

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 23
  • Commercial bank0 of 23
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 23
  • Weekly haat0 of 23
Primary schools
13
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Pulses (14), Turmeric (12), Ginger (11), Ground Nuts (7), Paddy (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 Tumudibandh block

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