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Gram panchayat · Badasahi block · Mayurbhanj

Badasahi gram panchayat

Badasahi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badasahi block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 6,115 people in 1,436 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
6,115
Literacy
69.4%
Area
10.7 km²
LGD code
120037

Villages of Badasahi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Badasahi7543,35472.2%14%40%
Khuntapal2501,04260.7%14%29%
Barudihi18368966.4%9%3%
Belpalsamilpurunapani14165469.8%1%83%
Kainsali10837673.9%0%63%

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 Badasahi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,115
2,927 male · 3,188 female
Households
1,436
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.4%
above Badasahi block's villages (64.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,089
above Badasahi block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6
689
11.3% of residents
Workers
2,881
47.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
674 (11.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,432 (39.8%)

What the 2,881 workers did

  • Cultivators367 (12.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers542 (18.8%)
  • Household industry235 (8.2%)
  • Other work762 (26.4%)
  • Marginal workers975 (33.8%)

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 Badasahi

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 5 villages cover 11 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4).

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 Badasahi block

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