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Gram panchayat · Balisankara block · Sundargarh

Beheradihi gram panchayat

Beheradihi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Balisankara block of Sundargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,474 people in 884 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talsara assembly constituency and the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,474
Literacy
67.0%
Area
22.8 km²
LGD code
275349

Villages of Beheradihi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Beheradihi6772,64966.2%4%75%
Gidipahad18072370.9%1%85%
Gidpahari R.F.2710259.5%0%99%

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 Beheradihi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,474
1,770 male · 1,704 female
Households
884
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.0%
about the same as Balisankara block's villages (67.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
963
below Balisankara block's villages (1,036)
Children aged 0–6
560
16.1% of residents
Workers
2,254
64.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
100 (2.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,695 (77.6%)

What the 2,254 workers did

  • Cultivators322 (14.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers129 (5.7%)
  • Household industry6 (0.3%)
  • Other work55 (2.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,742 (77.3%)

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 Beheradihi

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 23 km², 52% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school3 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes2 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Ground Nuts (2), Black Gram (2).

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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