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Gram panchayat · Balisankara block · Sundargarh

Talsara gram panchayat

Talsara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balisankara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 7,001 people in 1,762 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
7,001
Literacy
71.4%
Area
46 km²
LGD code
121533

Villages of Talsara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rauldega5582,26674.6%9%63%
Talsara5051,97769.2%13%67%
Tikilipara19074070.4%6%79%
Barhadema16365368.3%0%87%
Titheitangar15361676.7%4%90%
Rengali11442568.3%8%71%
Kumudaphal5723662.6%0%97%
Sanbarhadema94066.7%0%100%
Kaloberna113869.7%0%97%
Bhalutungri21080.0%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 Talsara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,001
3,400 male · 3,601 female
Households
1,762
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
71.4%
above Balisankara block's villages (67.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,059
above Balisankara block's villages (1,036)
Children aged 0–6
875
12.5% of residents
Workers
3,470
49.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
551 (7.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
5,078 (72.5%)

What the 3,470 workers did

  • Cultivators553 (15.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers90 (2.6%)
  • Household industry9 (0.3%)
  • Other work230 (6.6%)
  • Marginal workers2,588 (74.6%)

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 Talsara

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 46 km², 39% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school7 of 10
  • Middle school5 of 10
  • Secondary school2 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre2 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump8 of 10
  • Electricity for homes6 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 10
  • Public bus2 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage7 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 10
  • Weekly haat2 of 10
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10), Black Gram (9), Ground Nuts (6), Ground Nut (3). Handicrafts: Tailoring (2), Broomstick (1), Furnitures (1), Pottery (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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