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Gram panchayat · Balisankara block · Sundargarh

Rampur gram panchayat

Rampur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balisankara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,407 people in 940 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,407
Literacy
66.4%
Area
12.5 km²
LGD code
121530

Villages of Rampur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Khampur4931,79167.1%7%65%
Dhudinuagaon23776258.4%6%72%
Rampur17572376.4%3%47%
Gandamara3513144.9%0%100%

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 Rampur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,407
1,679 male · 1,728 female
Households
940
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
66.4%
below Balisankara block's villages (67.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,029
about the same as Balisankara block's villages (1,036)
Children aged 0–6
451
13.2% of residents
Workers
1,652
48.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
197 (5.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,180 (64.0%)

What the 1,652 workers did

  • Cultivators39 (2.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers407 (24.6%)
  • Household industry11 (0.7%)
  • Other work154 (9.3%)
  • Marginal workers1,041 (63.0%)

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 Rampur

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 13 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school1 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre2 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes3 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 4
  • Public bus2 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 4
  • Weekly haat1 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Black Gram (4), Ground Nuts (2). Handicrafts: Furnitures (2), Tailoring (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 Balisankara block

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