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Gram panchayat · Pattamundai block · Kendrapara

Bachhara gram panchayat

Bachhara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 2,174 people in 418 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rajanagar assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
2,174
Literacy
88.5%
Area
2.5 km²
LGD code
119176

Villages of Bachhara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bachhara2631,36387.5%33%0%
Mandapada15581190.2%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 Bachhara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,174
1,025 male · 1,149 female
Households
418
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
88.5%
above Pattamundai block's villages (85.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,121
above Pattamundai block's villages (1,053)
Children aged 0–6
228
10.5% of residents
Workers
495
22.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
452 (20.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 495 workers did

  • Cultivators113 (22.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers68 (13.7%)
  • Household industry4 (0.8%)
  • Other work218 (44.0%)
  • Marginal workers92 (18.6%)

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 Bachhara

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 2 km², 65% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
2
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2), Vegetable (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 Pattamundai block

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