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Balabhadrapur gram panchayat

Balabhadrapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Telkoi block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 3,283 people in 714 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Telkoi assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
3,283
Literacy
60.1%
Area
22.4 km²
LGD code
119514

Villages of Balabhadrapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Patakhali18883763.5%4%81%
Katenipasi14980646.2%1%98%
Balabhadrapur10543046.3%0%100%
Gabagoda8134079.4%37%7%
Biripal7332167.6%12%54%
Ajayapur6430754.9%1%89%
Nuagaon5323880.2%0%14%
Kankadajodi140.0%0%0%
Sirispal00–––

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 Balabhadrapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,283
1,580 male · 1,703 female
Households
714
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.1%
below Telkoi block's villages (65.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,078
above Telkoi block's villages (1,010)
Children aged 0–6
636
19.4% of residents
Workers
1,666
50.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
203 (6.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,402 (73.2%)

What the 1,666 workers did

  • Cultivators121 (7.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers255 (15.3%)
  • Household industry22 (1.3%)
  • Other work97 (5.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,171 (70.3%)

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 Balabhadrapur

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 9 villages cover 22 km², 12% of it sown with crops and 44% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school4 of 8
  • Secondary school3 of 8
  • Senior secondary school1 of 8
  • Degree college1 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre1 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump6 of 8
  • Electricity for homes1 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Vegetables (4), Oilseed (4), Oil Seeds (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 Telkoi block

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