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Gram panchayat · Umerkote block · Nabarangpur

Beheda gram panchayat

Beheda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Umerkote block of Nabarangpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 6,968 people in 1,409 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Umerkote assembly constituency and the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
6,968
Literacy
37.0%
Area
28.3 km²
LGD code
120573

Villages of Beheda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Beheda1,0705,20740.0%12%76%
Limaguda3391,76128.0%0%87%

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 Beheda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,968
3,453 male · 3,515 female
Households
1,409
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
37.0%
below Umerkote block's villages (43.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,018
above Umerkote block's villages (1,005)
Children aged 0–6
1,512
21.7% of residents
Workers
3,620
52.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
607 (8.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
5,467 (78.5%)

What the 3,620 workers did

  • Cultivators910 (25.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers406 (11.2%)
  • Household industry27 (0.7%)
  • Other work83 (2.3%)
  • Marginal workers2,194 (60.6%)

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 Beheda

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 28 km², 26% of it sown with crops and 62% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school0 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre1 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Maize (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 Umerkote block

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