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Biragobindapur gram panchayat

Biragobindapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ghasipura block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,600 people in 815 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,600
Literacy
63.0%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
275388

Villages of Biragobindapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Biragobindapur5352,25461.8%15%50%
Jugalkishorepur14976964.2%4%93%
Gohirabani13157766.5%0%90%

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 Biragobindapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,600
1,821 male · 1,779 female
Households
815
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
63.0%
below Ghasipura block's villages (78.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
977
about the same as Ghasipura block's villages (984)
Children aged 0–6
555
15.4% of residents
Workers
1,622
45.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
377 (10.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,349 (65.3%)

What the 1,622 workers did

  • Cultivators281 (17.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers430 (26.5%)
  • Household industry3 (0.2%)
  • Other work196 (12.1%)
  • Marginal workers712 (43.9%)

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 Biragobindapur

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 12 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 14% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre0 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Vegetables (2), Sesame (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 Ghasipura block

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