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Bantaligram gram panchayat

Bantaligram is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gop block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 5,901 people in 1,254 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nimapara assembly constituency and the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
5,901
Literacy
83.5%
Area
11.2 km²
LGD code
120932

Villages of Bantaligram

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Bantaligan3001,32084.0%30%0%
Mahapur2131,10386.0%31%0%
Uchhupur17588684.2%19%0%
Bairipur18385986.3%2%0%
Tarahana19284178.1%15%0%
Talakapa6732680.4%0%0%
Kurujanga6026378.9%89%0%
Sagena3114987.2%3%0%
Sudukhanda208981.3%36%0%
Parichadhei136575.0%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 Bantaligram

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,901
2,876 male · 3,025 female
Households
1,254
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.5%
about the same as Gop block's villages (84.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,052
above Gop block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
601
10.2% of residents
Workers
2,187
37.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,319 (22.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,187 workers did

  • Cultivators552 (25.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers398 (18.2%)
  • Household industry57 (2.6%)
  • Other work555 (25.4%)
  • Marginal workers625 (28.6%)

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 Bantaligram

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 11 km², 64% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 10
  • Middle school3 of 10
  • Secondary school3 of 10
  • Senior secondary school2 of 10
  • Degree college1 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre0 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes10 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 10
  • Public bus0 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop6 of 10
  • Weekly haat2 of 10
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
5
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), 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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