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Gram panchayat · Badasahi block · Mayurbhanj

Balabhadrapur gram panchayat

Balabhadrapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Badasahi block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,590 people in 948 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,590
Literacy
66.9%
Area
6.3 km²
LGD code
120038

Villages of Balabhadrapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Singtia5461,98966.8%10%43%
Balabhadrapur12250771.7%4%36%
Pundal12446162.3%0%65%
Dhanasahi8735656.1%14%76%
Chhelia6927780.4%9%4%

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
3,590
1,795 male · 1,795 female
Households
948
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
66.9%
above Badasahi block's villages (64.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,000
above Badasahi block's villages (988)
Children aged 0–6
447
12.5% of residents
Workers
1,804
50.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
300 (8.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,620 (45.1%)

What the 1,804 workers did

  • Cultivators177 (9.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers137 (7.6%)
  • Household industry70 (3.9%)
  • Other work195 (10.8%)
  • Marginal workers1,225 (67.9%)

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 Balabhadrapur

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 6 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 school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 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 homes4 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat2 of 5
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Sabai Grass (1). Handicrafts: Sabai Rope (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 Badasahi block

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