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Gram panchayat · Gop block · Puri

Badatara gram panchayat

Badatara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gop block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 5,431 people in 1,314 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nimapara assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
5,431
Literacy
85.1%
Area
7.5 km²
LGD code
120929

Villages of Badatara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gadarupas3881,79280.0%38%0%
Mallagan4091,62688.8%16%0%
Badatara3491,32989.5%17%0%
Ogalpur16868481.4%21%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 Badatara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,431
2,724 male · 2,707 female
Households
1,314
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.1%
above Gop block's villages (84.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
994
above Gop block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
575
10.6% of residents
Workers
1,841
33.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,306 (24.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,841 workers did

  • Cultivators519 (28.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers231 (12.5%)
  • Household industry18 (1.0%)
  • Other work316 (17.2%)
  • Marginal workers757 (41.1%)

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 Badatara

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 7 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 4
  • Weekly haat2 of 4
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Coconut (3), Pulses (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 Gop block

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