Gram panchayat · Bissamcuttack block · Rayagada

Bhetiapada gram panchayat

Bhetiapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 24 villages, home to 4,804 people in 1,182 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 24
Population (2011): 4,804
Literacy: 40.2%
Area: 45.2 km²
LGD code: 121107

Villages of Bhetiapada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Bethiapada	164	620	42.8%	25%	53%
Sikampadar	131	485	46.8%	38%	61%
Banapur	96	392	32.2%	32%	61%
Kapapadar	80	353	39.9%	1%	93%
Nundrujholi	76	333	34.3%	2%	98%
Dhepaguda	76	296	52.6%	0%	3%
Phulaguda	66	281	30.8%	0%	91%
Penta	67	277	41.4%	36%	63%
Munukalupada alias Karlakona	63	257	46.9%	0%	93%
Kindili	46	233	32.3%	0%	100%
Khuntibadi	56	213	27.5%	17%	82%
Sialipanga	40	199	34.9%	0%	100%
Munigam	43	198	44.2%	0%	98%
Kumbharbadi	51	183	60.2%	0%	48%
Lokotiguda	39	174	23.1%	0%	100%
Khuntabadi	44	139	36.3%	22%	78%
Kudobhata	27	105	46.7%	0%	95%
Chilikarambhu	11	41	38.7%	0%	100%
Ranibhata	4	17	73.3%	0%	6%
Bijibanga alias Murtiguda	2	8	12.5%	0%	100%
Butikarli	0	0	–	–	–
Gadarapadar	0	0	–	–	–
Hunji	0	0	–	–	–
Relakupa	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 Bhetiapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,804; 2,269 male · 2,535 female
Households: 1,182; about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 40.2%; below Bissamcuttack block's villages (44.5%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,117; about the same as Bissamcuttack block's villages (1,122)
Children aged 0–6: 718; 14.9% of residents
Workers: 2,818; 58.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 642 (13.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,521 (73.3%)

What the 2,818 workers did

Cultivators472 (16.7%)
Agricultural labourers936 (33.2%)
Household industry17 (0.6%)
Other work78 (2.8%)
Marginal workers1,315 (46.7%)

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 Bhetiapada

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 24 villages cover 45 km², 22% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 20
Middle school3 of 20
Secondary school0 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre11 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump19 of 20
Electricity for homes13 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road4 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage16 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 20
Weekly haat0 of 20

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20), Ragi (17), Maize (14), Alasi (1), Arhar (1), Pulses (1), Kosala (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 Bissamcuttack block

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