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Balarampur gram panchayat

Balarampur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ghasipura block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 8,662 people in 2,105 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
8,662
Literacy
86.2%
Area
19.4 km²
LGD code
119310

Villages of Balarampur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Balarampur4121,58095.0%27%1%
Atasahi3581,35687.0%4%0%
Naduan2751,18595.4%7%0%
Sarei2671,10981.2%2%13%
Kainpura2161,01683.5%6%15%
Jhadakhundi16676267.8%24%30%
Nuapada17564487.6%5%3%
Atasahipatana15362590.1%0%0%
Chamuhin8338567.6%100%0%
Nagasahi00–––

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 Balarampur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,662
4,409 male · 4,253 female
Households
2,105
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.2%
above Ghasipura block's villages (78.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
965
below Ghasipura block's villages (984)
Children aged 0–6
880
10.2% of residents
Workers
2,390
27.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,244 (14.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
551 (6.4%)

What the 2,390 workers did

  • Cultivators1,048 (43.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers169 (7.1%)
  • Household industry39 (1.6%)
  • Other work637 (26.7%)
  • Marginal workers497 (20.8%)

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 Balarampur

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 19 km², 27% of it sown with crops and 35% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 9
  • Middle school7 of 9
  • Secondary school4 of 9
  • Senior secondary school0 of 9
  • Degree college0 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump9 of 9
  • Electricity for homes9 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 9
  • Public bus0 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office5 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
7
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).

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 Ghasipura block

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