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Gram panchayat · Samakhunta block · Mayurbhanj

Bhaluki gram panchayat

Bhaluki is a gram panchayat (village council) in Samakhunta block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 4,873 people in 1,099 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bangriposi assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
13
Population (2011)
4,873
Literacy
60.0%
Area
14.6 km²
LGD code
120331

Villages of Bhaluki

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Ambadali2371,05259.7%0%61%
Bhaluki21396662.9%8%70%
Jamsul14272358.1%0%84%
Matiali10648770.3%0%41%
Jualiruma9744846.9%0%90%
Asanbani10243756.7%0%56%
Sankuldiha9234053.9%0%11%
Fuljharasamilfatudiha5019767.7%0%98%
Bishnupal3914474.2%0%0%
Garupal217959.7%3%81%
Ghansaria00–––
Jungle Block00–––
Malgambharia00–––

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 Bhaluki

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,873
2,527 male · 2,346 female
Households
1,099
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
60.0%
above Samakhunta block's villages (58.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
928
below Samakhunta block's villages (1,003)
Children aged 0–6
649
13.3% of residents
Workers
2,466
50.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
82 (1.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,065 (62.9%)

What the 2,466 workers did

  • Cultivators543 (22.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers581 (23.6%)
  • Household industry118 (4.8%)
  • Other work266 (10.8%)
  • Marginal workers958 (38.8%)

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 Bhaluki

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 15 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 10
  • Middle school2 of 10
  • Secondary school2 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre1 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes10 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 10
  • Public bus0 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop4 of 10
  • Weekly haat1 of 10
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Samakhunta block

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