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Gram panchayat · Kotpad block · Koraput

Bhansuli gram panchayat

Bhansuli is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kotpad block of Koraput district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,776 people in 956 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kotpad assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,776
Literacy
49.5%
Area
21.5 km²
LGD code
119813

Villages of Bhansuli

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bhansuli5522,12453.8%12%50%
Borondi(Barandi)24597945.9%6%59%
Semala12552544.7%21%59%
Mundaguda3314729.9%0%96%
Jorondipodar11100.0%0%0%
Aunli00–––
Borondi00–––
Mosigam00–––

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 Bhansuli

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,776
1,907 male · 1,869 female
Households
956
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
49.5%
above Kotpad block's villages (44.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
980
below Kotpad block's villages (1,027)
Children aged 0–6
574
15.2% of residents
Workers
2,006
53.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
430 (11.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,088 (55.3%)

What the 2,006 workers did

  • Cultivators497 (24.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers70 (3.5%)
  • Household industry10 (0.5%)
  • Other work312 (15.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,117 (55.7%)

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 Bhansuli

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 21 km², 55% of it sown with crops and 12% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump4 of 5
  • Electricity for homes4 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).

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 Kotpad block

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