Gram panchayat · Naktideul block · Sambalpur

Ballam gram panchayat

Ballam is a gram panchayat (village council) in Naktideul block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 22 villages, home to 6,717 people in 1,562 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rairakhol assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 22
Population (2011): 6,717
Literacy: 74.8%
Area: 44.8 km²
LGD code: 121383

Villages of Ballam

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Ballam	414	1,774	77.7%	6%	35%
Mahakud	247	1,051	71.0%	15%	1%
Uparmunda	217	889	87.0%	17%	10%
Balasinga	145	643	63.9%	6%	48%
Kelo	110	459	69.3%	27%	11%
Ranja	83	371	83.4%	10%	20%
Betajharan	52	242	80.7%	7%	6%
Manduamb	51	230	80.4%	2%	63%
Banjagola	56	229	70.4%	12%	0%
Newganjabahal	45	223	54.9%	23%	7%
Talbahal	42	179	76.5%	0%	0%
Tikiripara	21	97	72.2%	6%	20%
Gadkhol	21	81	61.4%	0%	53%
Tasbhardi	16	71	71.0%	0%	0%
Newmanduam	14	59	65.4%	0%	5%
Ganjabahal	14	58	80.0%	3%	0%
Rengalbahal	11	42	28.6%	0%	55%
Malipadar	2	14	57.1%	7%	93%
Guguauninhabited	1	5	100.0%	0%	0%
Ballam Newuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
New Talbahaluninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Newrengalbahaluninhabited	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 Ballam

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,717; 3,340 male · 3,377 female
Households: 1,562; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 74.8%; above Naktideul block's villages (73.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,011; above Naktideul block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6: 739; 11.0% of residents
Workers: 3,500; 52.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 724 (10.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,438 (21.4%)

What the 3,500 workers did

Cultivators926 (26.5%)
Agricultural labourers914 (26.1%)
Household industry531 (15.2%)
Other work358 (10.2%)
Marginal workers771 (22.0%)

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 Ballam

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 22 villages cover 45 km², 42% of it sown with crops and 33% forest.

Education

Primary school15 of 19
Middle school5 of 19
Secondary school3 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre1 of 19
Anganwadi centre9 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump19 of 19
Electricity for homes18 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road9 of 19
Public bus3 of 19
Mobile phone coverage16 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 19
Weekly haat1 of 19

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Pulses (17), Til (9), Harad (4), Biri (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 Naktideul block

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