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Gram panchayat · Lephripara block · Sundargarh

Rajbahal gram panchayat

Rajbahal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Lephripara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 2,640 people in 659 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
17
Population (2011)
2,640
Literacy
64.9%
Area
34.1 km²
LGD code
121705

Villages of Rajbahal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Rajbahal16866170.4%2%79%
Bandega9432980.4%0%43%
Bilaibahal5922470.6%4%69%
Baladbandha5722158.6%9%76%
Butrakachhar3217843.8%0%98%
Kahachua4016856.8%0%100%
Amatpani3713459.6%0%100%
Bamjakachhar2712568.1%0%100%
Telenpali2912463.6%0%100%
Laxmanpaun2811257.3%0%97%
Thithaitangar2911056.8%0%90%
Haldikhol166144.9%0%100%
Juniani146148.1%0%100%
Sanjharia155573.9%0%98%
Kuaghara63773.3%0%100%
Taragarh52047.1%0%75%
Timikinala32064.7%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 Rajbahal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,640
1,325 male · 1,315 female
Households
659
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.9%
below Lephripara block's villages (68.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
992
about the same as Lephripara block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6
381
14.4% of residents
Workers
1,484
56.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
44 (1.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,169 (82.2%)

What the 1,484 workers did

  • Cultivators207 (13.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers200 (13.5%)
  • Household industry9 (0.6%)
  • Other work43 (2.9%)
  • Marginal workers1,025 (69.1%)

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 Rajbahal

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 34 km², 21% of it sown with crops and 32% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 17
  • Middle school2 of 17
  • Secondary school1 of 17
  • Senior secondary school0 of 17
  • Degree college0 of 17

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 17
  • Health sub-centre0 of 17
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 17

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 17
  • Hand pump17 of 17
  • Electricity for homes8 of 17

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road3 of 17
  • Public bus2 of 17
  • Mobile phone coverage15 of 17

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 17
  • Commercial bank0 of 17
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 17
  • Weekly haat0 of 17
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17).

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 Lephripara block

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