Gram panchayat · Ranapur block · Nayagarh

Brajarajpur gram panchayat

Brajarajpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 5,324 people in 1,260 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 5,324
Literacy: 82.4%
Area: 13.2 km²
LGD code: 120736

Villages of Brajarajpur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Latara	288	1,046	87.6%	4%	0%
Kunjabana	148	733	80.3%	8%	0%
Bamada	153	678	88.9%	0%	0%
Shyamaghanpur	126	522	71.9%	0%	0%
Bankapur	113	421	87.5%	0%	0%
Golapokhari	86	364	88.4%	1%	0%
Brajarajpur	73	337	79.7%	18%	0%
Hinjalagadia	67	324	80.5%	34%	0%
Champatipur	70	299	71.1%	0%	0%
Balarampur	50	260	76.6%	37%	2%
Ichhapur	50	191	84.0%	0%	0%
Chandramadeipur	29	126	75.5%	0%	0%
Jagannathpur	7	23	76.2%	0%	0%
Patana	0	0	–	–	–

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 Brajarajpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,324; 2,748 male · 2,576 female
Households: 1,260; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 82.4%; about the same as Ranapur block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males: 937; about the same as Ranapur block's villages (940)
Children aged 0–6: 615; 11.6% of residents
Workers: 1,676; 31.5% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 372 (7.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 5 (0.1%)

What the 1,676 workers did

Cultivators325 (19.4%)
Agricultural labourers162 (9.7%)
Household industry143 (8.5%)
Other work536 (32.0%)
Marginal workers510 (30.4%)

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 Brajarajpur

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 14 villages cover 13 km², 59% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 13
Middle school7 of 13
Secondary school2 of 13
Senior secondary school0 of 13
Degree college0 of 13

Health

Primary health centre0 of 13
Health sub-centre1 of 13
Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 13
Hand pump13 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 office1 of 13
Commercial bank0 of 13
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 13
Weekly haat0 of 13

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

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

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