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Gram panchayat · Betnoti block · Mayurbhanj

Raghupur gram panchayat

Raghupur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Betnoti block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 6,695 people in 1,388 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
15
Population (2011)
6,695
Literacy
65.7%
Area
12.9 km²
LGD code
120125

Villages of Raghupur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khuntapur18795964.2%3%53%
Raghupur14075951.6%11%63%
Nayabasantapur12467864.1%0%74%
Beldiha13967770.5%0%73%
Pansia12558865.3%4%62%
Thakurtota11258053.3%0%100%
Dahisahi13354062.3%6%27%
Diganagar11852775.7%7%41%
Badgopalpur9947271.3%0%28%
Raghunathpur8740765.0%0%63%
Kujigadi5521496.9%0%0%
Athabatia3815775.9%29%17%
Udipur115684.6%0%0%
Astapura125095.9%0%0%
Padapurunia83146.2%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 Raghupur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,695
3,452 male · 3,243 female
Households
1,388
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.7%
about the same as Betnoti block's villages (66.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
939
below Betnoti block's villages (986)
Children aged 0–6
950
14.2% of residents
Workers
2,852
42.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
252 (3.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,736 (55.8%)

What the 2,852 workers did

  • Cultivators444 (15.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers671 (23.5%)
  • Household industry97 (3.4%)
  • Other work341 (12.0%)
  • Marginal workers1,299 (45.5%)

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 Raghupur

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 13 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 16% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 15
  • Middle school1 of 15
  • Secondary school1 of 15
  • Senior secondary school0 of 15
  • Degree college0 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre2 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre12 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump14 of 15
  • Electricity for homes15 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 15
  • Public bus0 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage15 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 15
  • Weekly haat1 of 15
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15). Handicrafts: Grass Mats (2).

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

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