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Gram panchayat · Garadapur block · Kendrapara

Bantala gram panchayat

Bantala is a gram panchayat (village council) in Garadapur block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 5,825 people in 1,494 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
5,825
Literacy
85.2%
Area
10 km²
LGD code
119078

Villages of Bantala

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bantala3151,22584.5%8%0%
Mahanga19086486.5%19%0%
Tarod19077979.7%22%0%
NischintaSasan18561578.6%28%7%
Kusida14953390.9%19%0%
Putilinga11752687.4%29%0%
PurunaGopinathpur12945686.5%43%0%
Banakund8532587.2%17%0%
Nischinta4520790.7%0%0%
Nedalo4715686.0%3%0%
Chasakunda4213993.8%23%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 Bantala

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,825
2,923 male · 2,902 female
Households
1,494
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.2%
below Garadapur block's villages (86.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
993
above Garadapur block's villages (978)
Children aged 0–6
572
9.8% of residents
Workers
1,864
32.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,153 (19.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
41 (0.7%)

What the 1,864 workers did

  • Cultivators576 (30.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers495 (26.6%)
  • Household industry57 (3.1%)
  • Other work417 (22.4%)
  • Marginal workers319 (17.1%)

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 Bantala

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 10 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 11
  • Middle school2 of 11
  • Secondary school1 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre1 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump11 of 11
  • Electricity for homes11 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road10 of 11
  • Public bus2 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 11
  • Weekly haat2 of 11
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Garadapur block

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