Gram panchayat · Odagaon block · Nayagarh

Banthapur gram panchayat

Banthapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 3,409 people in 819 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 3,409
Literacy: 71.6%
Area: 37.2 km²
LGD code: 120703

Villages of Banthapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Banthapur	165	684	74.6%	2%	0%
Chemedi	157	643	84.5%	21%	0%
Podasahi	113	438	72.1%	0%	1%
Dhabalei	72	303	74.3%	95%	0%
Saliajhari	70	271	73.6%	11%	32%
Ostiamala	21	249	98.8%	13%	78%
Nihalprasad	40	125	54.1%	0%	94%
Duruda	31	115	56.6%	0%	100%
Nandigiri	31	107	47.4%	0%	98%
Bhobasar	27	106	72.0%	18%	82%
Kandhanuapali	32	103	26.2%	0%	96%
Nepal	24	102	19.5%	0%	99%
Tulabi	18	73	29.4%	0%	100%
Budhabudhiani	12	66	77.6%	39%	0%
Nalabhag	4	17	26.7%	0%	0%
Nahakata	2	7	100.0%	0%	0%
Jayram	0	0	–	–	–
Madhuamaru	0	0	–	–	–
Mankadakhia	0	0	–	–	–
Giridiamba	–	–	–	–	–

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 Banthapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,409; 1,802 male · 1,607 female
Households: 819; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 71.6%; below Odagaon block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males: 892; below Odagaon block's villages (904)
Children aged 0–6: 433; 12.7% of residents
Workers: 1,447; 42.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 545 (16.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 982 (28.8%)

What the 1,447 workers did

Cultivators611 (42.2%)
Agricultural labourers364 (25.2%)
Household industry9 (0.6%)
Other work69 (4.8%)
Marginal workers394 (27.2%)

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 Banthapur

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 19 villages cover 37 km², 29% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

Primary school8 of 16
Middle school6 of 16
Secondary school1 of 16
Senior secondary school0 of 16
Degree college0 of 16

Health

Primary health centre0 of 16
Health sub-centre1 of 16
Anganwadi centre6 of 16

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 16
Hand pump16 of 16
Electricity for homes16 of 16

Roads & transport

All-weather road5 of 16
Public bus0 of 16
Mobile phone coverage11 of 16

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 16
Commercial bank0 of 16
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 16
Weekly haat0 of 16

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (16), Black Gram (16), Pulses (1), Vegetables (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 Odagaon block

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