Skip to content

Gram panchayat · Betnoti block · Mayurbhanj

Mahisasole gram panchayat

Mahisasole is a gram panchayat (village council) in Betnoti block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,672 people in 821 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,672
Literacy
61.5%
Area
8.1 km²
LGD code
120118

Villages of Mahisasole

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tikaetpur2471,25864.8%21%43%
Bishnupur14170454.8%0%92%
Hemapur17568172.2%0%31%
Shikharkhunta15562761.0%0%25%
Mahisasul7629743.4%9%87%
Banamalipur2710544.9%0%100%

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 Mahisasole

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,672
1,850 male · 1,822 female
Households
821
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
61.5%
below Betnoti block's villages (66.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
about the same as Betnoti block's villages (986)
Children aged 0–6
552
15.0% of residents
Workers
1,749
47.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
296 (8.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,921 (52.3%)

What the 1,749 workers did

  • Cultivators98 (5.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers201 (11.5%)
  • Household industry5 (0.3%)
  • Other work210 (12.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,235 (70.6%)

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 Mahisasole

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 8 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 22% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6). Handicrafts: Grass Mats (3).

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 Betnoti block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Mahisasole? Share it with us.