Gram panchayat · Pipili block · Puri

Birapurusotampur gram panchayat

Birapurusotampur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pipili block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 4,287 people in 1,000 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 14
Population (2011): 4,287
Literacy: 82.8%
Area: 5.3 km²
LGD code: 275356

Villages of Birapurusotampur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Purohitapur	127	566	84.4%	45%	0%
Manichina	136	565	89.0%	26%	2%
Birapurusottampur Dhakina Uttar No-2	109	494	82.2%	40%	0%
Birapurusotampur No.1	102	481	84.9%	25%	0%
Birapurusottampur Dakhina No-1	115	461	79.4%	47%	0%
Kharikera	94	332	74.1%	48%	0%
Birapurusottampur No-2	81	328	85.4%	32%	6%
Danapara Tanki	72	311	75.9%	35%	0%
Maharipokhari	41	214	79.5%	44%	0%
Maliapa	48	208	88.8%	5%	0%
Jasuapursultan nagar	35	166	79.1%	0%	0%
Karttikapada	40	161	86.0%	32%	0%
Haripur	–	–	–	–	–
Kalyanpur	–	–	–	–	–

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 Birapurusotampur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,287; 2,148 male · 2,139 female
Households: 1,000; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 82.8%; below Pipili block's villages (85.7%)
Females per 1,000 males: 996; above Pipili block's villages (957)
Children aged 0–6: 438; 10.2% of residents
Workers: 1,794; 41.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,460 (34.1%)
Scheduled Tribes: 30 (0.7%)

What the 1,794 workers did

Cultivators364 (20.3%)
Agricultural labourers248 (13.8%)
Household industry81 (4.5%)
Other work356 (19.8%)
Marginal workers745 (41.5%)

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 Birapurusotampur

How many of the 12 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 12 villages cover 5 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school8 of 12
Middle school6 of 12
Secondary school1 of 12
Senior secondary school0 of 12
Degree college0 of 12

Health

Primary health centre0 of 12
Health sub-centre0 of 12
Anganwadi centre8 of 12

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 12
Hand pump12 of 12
Electricity for homes12 of 12

Roads & transport

All-weather road0 of 12
Public bus1 of 12
Mobile phone coverage12 of 12

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 12
Commercial bank0 of 12
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 12
Weekly haat0 of 12

Primary schools: 8
Middle schools: 6
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Coconut (1), Vegetable (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 Pipili block

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