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Gram panchayat · Jujomura block · Sambalpur

Birsinghgarh gram panchayat

Birsinghgarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jujomura block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 4,785 people in 1,165 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rairakhol assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
4,785
Literacy
69.8%
Area
27.9 km²
LGD code
121332

Villages of Birsinghgarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Basiapada4321,73676.3%12%51%
Nuamahulpali3151,29559.7%10%14%
Barloi2531,05067.5%14%62%
Birsinghagad16570476.8%28%44%

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 Birsinghgarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,785
2,374 male · 2,411 female
Households
1,165
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
69.8%
below Jujomura block's villages (73.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,016
above Jujomura block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
464
9.7% of residents
Workers
1,985
41.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
675 (14.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,016 (42.1%)

What the 1,985 workers did

  • Cultivators316 (15.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers143 (7.2%)
  • Household industry303 (15.3%)
  • Other work533 (26.9%)
  • Marginal workers690 (34.8%)

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 Birsinghgarh

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 28 km², 9% of it sown with crops and 51% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school4 of 4
  • Secondary school2 of 4
  • Senior secondary school1 of 4
  • Degree college1 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3).

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 Jujomura block

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