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Gram panchayat · Udala block · Mayurbhanj

Badkhaman gram panchayat

Badkhaman is a gram panchayat (village council) in Udala block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 6,874 people in 1,509 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Udala assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
6,874
Literacy
51.8%
Area
23 km²
LGD code
120408

Villages of Badkhaman

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kotilinga4802,15549.1%0%97%
Badakhaman4822,08351.5%3%95%
Manikpur3311,63654.0%0%97%
Anantapur2161,00054.9%0%98%

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 Badkhaman

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,874
3,455 male · 3,419 female
Households
1,509
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
51.8%
below Udala block's villages (61.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
990
below Udala block's villages (1,002)
Children aged 0–6
1,033
15.0% of residents
Workers
4,138
60.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
68 (1.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
6,634 (96.5%)

What the 4,138 workers did

  • Cultivators621 (15.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers910 (22.0%)
  • Household industry79 (1.9%)
  • Other work148 (3.6%)
  • Marginal workers2,380 (57.5%)

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 Badkhaman

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 23 km², 69% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre2 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat3 of 4
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Udala block

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