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Gram panchayat · Brahmagiri block · Puri

Kusubendi gram panchayat

Kusubendi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Brahmagiri block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 16 villages, home to 8,848 people in 1,704 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Brahmagiri assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
16
Population (2011)
8,848
Literacy
83.9%
Area
28.5 km²
LGD code
120902

Villages of Kusubendi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Golara3651,83888.9%21%0%
Gagadala2871,65576.3%1%0%
Chhatabara13396581.7%12%0%
Haridas11462979.5%6%0%
Suansabangala13962387.9%0%0%
Anatrisa11657089.5%0%0%
Dumuduma10950282.2%0%0%
Adhaghai8041788.7%0%0%
Kusubenti9539887.7%11%0%
Maharajpur7330687.0%0%0%
Nandipur5630675.8%0%0%
Timilikudi4924687.1%10%0%
Talabangla4421087.7%12%0%
Gopalibaramhapur259788.9%39%1%
Basanapur198674.7%0%0%
Barikanuapada00–––

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 Kusubendi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,848
4,518 male · 4,330 female
Households
1,704
about 5.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.9%
about the same as Brahmagiri block's villages (83.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
958
below Brahmagiri block's villages (971)
Children aged 0–6
876
9.9% of residents
Workers
3,390
38.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
689 (7.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
7 (0.1%)

What the 3,390 workers did

  • Cultivators991 (29.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers383 (11.3%)
  • Household industry24 (0.7%)
  • Other work524 (15.5%)
  • Marginal workers1,468 (43.3%)

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 Kusubendi

How many of the 15 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 16 villages cover 28 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 15
  • Middle school8 of 15
  • Secondary school2 of 15
  • Senior secondary school0 of 15
  • Degree college0 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre1 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre13 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump15 of 15
  • Electricity for homes15 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road15 of 15
  • Public bus0 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage15 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 15
  • Weekly haat0 of 15
Primary schools
12
Middle schools
8
Secondary schools
2
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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