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Gram panchayat · Brahmagiri block · Puri

Brahmunia gram panchayat

Brahmunia is a gram panchayat (village council) in Brahmagiri block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 3,587 people in 707 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Brahmagiri assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
3,587
Literacy
90.8%
Area
5.8 km²
LGD code
120894

Villages of Brahmunia

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bramahnia14177695.3%12%0%
Sahaspur No-114572095.9%7%0%
Dekudi10253093.1%0%0%
Bengama7851084.9%11%0%
Dahanigadia10645484.3%26%0%
Barabatia8131682.9%45%0%
Nadharidiwaja patna5428189.6%0%0%
Charibatiauninhabited00–––

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 Brahmunia

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,587
1,807 male · 1,780 female
Households
707
about 5.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
90.8%
above Brahmagiri block's villages (83.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
above Brahmagiri block's villages (971)
Children aged 0–6
366
10.2% of residents
Workers
1,629
45.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
456 (12.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,629 workers did

  • Cultivators554 (34.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers136 (8.3%)
  • Household industry213 (13.1%)
  • Other work157 (9.6%)
  • Marginal workers569 (34.9%)

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 Brahmunia

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 6 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 7
  • Middle school4 of 7
  • Secondary school1 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre1 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road7 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 7
  • Weekly haat0 of 7
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Brahmagiri block

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