Gram panchayat · Rairakhol block · Sambalpur

Badbahal gram panchayat

Badbahal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Rairakhol block of Sambalpur district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 4,288 people in 999 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Rairakhol assembly constituency and the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 4,288
Literacy: 79.8%
Area: 41.5 km²
LGD code: 121396

Villages of Badbahal

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Khandahata	177	744	81.5%	27%	2%
Tal	150	624	82.6%	10%	2%
Laindamal	129	600	69.4%	3%	28%
Badkuda	131	597	77.3%	6%	0%
Badbhahal	98	409	86.6%	18%	0%
Baniabandha	71	294	71.8%	8%	38%
Jharamunda	70	285	86.5%	23%	22%
Jhankarpada	35	168	73.5%	0%	0%
Ladubahal	29	129	87.5%	0%	0%
Hatibahal	33	126	79.3%	0%	1%
Damgarh	20	91	83.5%	4%	0%
Kendumunda	22	91	86.6%	0%	0%
Jubarajpur	21	77	91.2%	9%	9%
Pandaripathar	10	43	97.6%	0%	0%
Narayanpur	3	10	77.8%	0%	0%
Bijakhamanuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Chasamundauninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Kalapatharuninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Kohesabaduninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Palsanaluninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Sundimundapahaduninhabited	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 Badbahal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 4,288; 2,147 male · 2,141 female
Households: 999; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 79.8%; above Rairakhol block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 997; about the same as Rairakhol block's villages (993)
Children aged 0–6: 525; 12.2% of residents
Workers: 1,925; 44.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 489 (11.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 375 (8.7%)

What the 1,925 workers did

Cultivators622 (32.3%)
Agricultural labourers207 (10.8%)
Household industry224 (11.6%)
Other work187 (9.7%)
Marginal workers685 (35.6%)

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 Badbahal

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 21 villages cover 42 km², 24% of it sown with crops and 28% forest.

Education

Primary school7 of 15
Middle school4 of 15
Secondary school1 of 15
Senior secondary school0 of 15
Degree college0 of 15

Health

Primary health centre0 of 15
Health sub-centre1 of 15
Anganwadi centre5 of 15

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 15
Hand pump15 of 15
Electricity for homes13 of 15

Roads & transport

All-weather road15 of 15
Public bus1 of 15
Mobile phone coverage14 of 15

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 15
Commercial bank0 of 15
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 15
Weekly haat1 of 15

Primary schools: 7
Middle schools: 4
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (15).

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 Rairakhol block

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