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Bariagihalwa gram panchayat

Bariagihalwa is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rayagada block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 2,318 people in 543 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rayagada assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
2,318
Literacy
42.4%
Area
15.9 km²
LGD code
121252

Villages of Bariagihalwa

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Brahaminhaluva18684530.5%0%93%
Gururajguda6829654.4%3%94%
Badalukuti6826461.9%0%100%
Kantua5825548.9%14%81%
Sanolukuti5220365.6%1%99%
Benadanga4218344.4%0%100%
Usurikapadu3011418.8%2%98%
Mamidiguda156523.2%0%100%
Tikarkantua176442.3%0%100%
Panasguda7290.0%0%86%

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 Bariagihalwa

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,318
1,067 male · 1,251 female
Households
543
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
42.4%
above Rayagada block's villages (41.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,172
above Rayagada block's villages (1,097)
Children aged 0–6
364
15.7% of residents
Workers
1,328
57.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
49 (2.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,189 (94.4%)

What the 1,328 workers did

  • Cultivators289 (21.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers390 (29.4%)
  • Household industry1 (0.1%)
  • Other work28 (2.1%)
  • Marginal workers620 (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 Bariagihalwa

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 16 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 24% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 10
  • Middle school2 of 10
  • Secondary school1 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre1 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes1 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 10
  • Public bus2 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Ragi (5), Paddy (5), Kandula (3), Cotton (2), 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 Rayagada block

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