Gram panchayat · Ranapur block · Nayagarh

Balabhadrapur gram panchayat

Balabhadrapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 8,103 people in 1,789 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 8,103
Literacy: 85.8%
Area: 13.6 km²
LGD code: 120733

Villages of Balabhadrapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Surukabadi	278	1,216	87.0%	8%	0%
Ganbanikila	213	1,017	91.4%	1%	0%
Basudia	217	971	93.3%	18%	0%
Brajaballabhapur	173	712	83.9%	0%	0%
Subhadrapur	151	643	84.5%	3%	0%
Deuli	134	615	75.9%	2%	0%
Kandarasingh	137	614	77.5%	0%	0%
Nandapur	138	607	86.1%	7%	0%
Arada	115	559	86.3%	0%	0%
Balabhadrapur	111	491	82.3%	8%	0%
Lakhapada	79	423	90.5%	7%	0%
Basantapur	26	156	81.6%	0%	0%
Akhupadar	17	79	73.5%	0%	85%
Ranapurgada (CT)	–	–	–	–	–

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 Balabhadrapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,103; 4,170 male · 3,933 female
Households: 1,789; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 85.8%; above Ranapur block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males: 943; about the same as Ranapur block's villages (940)
Children aged 0–6: 969; 12.0% of residents
Workers: 2,337; 28.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 420 (5.2%)
Scheduled Tribes: 68 (0.8%)

What the 2,337 workers did

Cultivators716 (30.6%)
Agricultural labourers634 (27.1%)
Household industry49 (2.1%)
Other work403 (17.2%)
Marginal workers535 (22.9%)

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 Balabhadrapur

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 14 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 13
Middle school9 of 13
Secondary school8 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre2 of 13
Anganwadi centre11 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump12 of 13
Electricity for homes13 of 13

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 13
Public bus1 of 13
Mobile phone coverage13 of 13

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 10
Secondary schools: 8
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Black Gram (13), 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 Ranapur block

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