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Gram panchayat · Rajkanika block · Kendrapara

Baruna gram panchayat

Baruna is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 2,617 people in 551 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Aul assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
2,617
Literacy
89.6%
Area
2.9 km²
LGD code
119209

Villages of Baruna

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baruna4322,05789.4%32%0%
Parimakundapur11956090.6%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 Baruna

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,617
1,173 male · 1,444 female
Households
551
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
89.6%
above Rajkanika block's villages (86.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,231
above Rajkanika block's villages (1,088)
Children aged 0–6
301
11.5% of residents
Workers
560
21.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
661 (25.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 560 workers did

  • Cultivators153 (27.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers183 (32.7%)
  • Household industry5 (0.9%)
  • Other work148 (26.4%)
  • Marginal workers71 (12.7%)

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 Baruna

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 3 km², .

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 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 road0 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Rajkanika block

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