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Gram panchayat · Karanjia block · Mayurbhanj

Badagaon gram panchayat

Badagaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Karanjia block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 8,374 people in 2,006 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Karanjia assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
8,374
Literacy
68.9%
Area
28.2 km²
LGD code
120218

Villages of Badagaon

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Saradha2701,23164.9%2%69%
Badagan21089372.5%20%39%
Malharpada22589380.3%24%11%
Pahadmadak17770556.1%6%78%
Batagaudagan12456866.9%0%98%
Gidhibas13355058.6%0%38%
Ranipat15055063.7%51%47%
Batatainsira12650275.6%4%51%
Sanagansasan13049497.2%47%25%
Khandiadar8038246.5%4%91%
Nadhagadia8835080.7%0%0%
Karadia8133972.9%0%76%
Antasahi7429851.0%0%99%
Nuagan4724558.8%4%76%
Tulasiposi5221673.5%0%97%
Raitalia3915873.2%0%25%

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 Badagaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,374
4,233 male · 4,141 female
Households
2,006
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
68.9%
above Karanjia block's villages (60.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
978
below Karanjia block's villages (1,020)
Children aged 0–6
1,126
13.4% of residents
Workers
4,270
51.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,017 (12.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
4,585 (54.8%)

What the 4,270 workers did

  • Cultivators749 (17.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers263 (6.2%)
  • Household industry69 (1.6%)
  • Other work613 (14.4%)
  • Marginal workers2,576 (60.3%)

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 Badagaon

How many of the 16 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 28 km², 76% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school15 of 16
  • Middle school4 of 16
  • Secondary school2 of 16
  • Senior secondary school0 of 16
  • Degree college0 of 16

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 16
  • Health sub-centre2 of 16
  • Anganwadi centre14 of 16

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 16
  • Hand pump16 of 16
  • Electricity for homes14 of 16

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road16 of 16
  • Public bus1 of 16
  • Mobile phone coverage16 of 16

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 16
  • Commercial bank0 of 16
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 16
  • Weekly haat1 of 16
Primary schools
17
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Vegetables (16), Maze (13), Maize (2), Black Gram, Maize (1). Handicrafts: Leaf Plates (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 Karanjia block

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