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Baisingi gram panchayat

Baisingi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rayagada block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 3,007 people in 717 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rayagada assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
15
Population (2011)
3,007
Literacy
21.6%
Area
24.4 km²
LGD code
121251

Villages of Baisingi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baisingi10250623.2%8%92%
Chanchida7029928.9%0%100%
Dumaguda6929620.0%0%100%
Upparbambu702939.9%0%100%
Dengaduru6927817.5%2%89%
Jurudi5422412.0%0%97%
Sirikaduruguma5522230.7%13%81%
Kusuku5520430.6%0%100%
Mariguda4416456.1%0%96%
Japa351447.0%0%100%
Jarabadi301356.3%0%100%
Pujaribanbu3711313.3%0%100%
Balaput147722.0%0%100%
Jaggaguda12438.3%7%88%
Pujariguda1957.1%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 Baisingi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,007
1,344 male · 1,663 female
Households
717
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
21.6%
below Rayagada block's villages (41.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,237
above Rayagada block's villages (1,097)
Children aged 0–6
521
17.3% of residents
Workers
1,782
59.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
78 (2.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,866 (95.3%)

What the 1,782 workers did

  • Cultivators330 (18.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers887 (49.8%)
  • Household industry2 (0.1%)
  • Other work44 (2.5%)
  • Marginal workers519 (29.1%)

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 Baisingi

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 15 villages cover 24 km², 59% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school14 of 15
  • Middle school2 of 15
  • Secondary school0 of 15
  • Senior secondary school0 of 15
  • Degree college0 of 15

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 15
  • Health sub-centre0 of 15
  • Anganwadi centre11 of 15

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 15
  • Hand pump15 of 15
  • Electricity for homes4 of 15

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 15
  • Public bus4 of 15
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 15

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 15
  • Commercial bank0 of 15
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 15
  • Weekly haat0 of 15
Primary schools
14
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Ragi (3), Alasi (2).

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 Rayagada block

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