Gram panchayat · Bolagarh block · Khordha

Badakumari gram panchayat

Badakumari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bolagarh block of Khordha district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 11,440 people in 2,435 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Begunia assembly constituency and the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 11,440
Literacy: 86.8%
Area: 12.9 km²
LGD code: 119619

Villages of Badakumari

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bilakhauruni	321	1,609	88.3%	10%	0%
Dihakhauruni	339	1,495	88.5%	10%	0%
Kaunripatna	292	1,434	89.9%	12%	0%
Khalikota	239	1,006	73.0%	8%	1%
Badakumari	175	827	88.4%	4%	0%
Pananagar	166	821	89.8%	2%	0%
Srichandanpurpatana	156	810	86.8%	15%	0%
Sanakumari	175	788	88.9%	1%	0%
Srichandanpur	161	749	90.8%	0%	0%
Harikeswar	91	429	91.8%	0%	0%
Rajanagar	83	394	87.9%	0%	0%
Chitrakot	90	384	84.1%	0%	0%
Manikapur	74	345	76.2%	0%	0%
Kodapada	54	258	80.8%	0%	0%
Hatabasta	16	76	88.1%	0%	0%
Madhuban	3	15	61.5%	0%	0%
Brundaban	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 Badakumari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 11,440; 5,982 male · 5,458 female
Households: 2,435; about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 86.8%; above Bolagarh block's villages (84.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 912; below Bolagarh block's villages (943)
Children aged 0–6: 1,205; 10.5% of residents
Workers: 3,776; 33.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 739 (6.5%)
Scheduled Tribes: 10 (0.1%)

What the 3,776 workers did

Cultivators895 (23.7%)
Agricultural labourers674 (17.8%)
Household industry112 (3.0%)
Other work1,556 (41.2%)
Marginal workers539 (14.3%)

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 Badakumari

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 13 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 16
Middle school11 of 16
Secondary school2 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre14 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes14 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road14 of 16
Public bus6 of 16
Mobile phone coverage16 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop6 of 16
Weekly haat0 of 16

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 11
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Pulses (14), Black Gram (14).

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 Bolagarh block

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