Badadunguriguda

Village in Odisha, India

20°24′N 83°31′E / 20.40°N 83.51°E / 20.40; 83.51Country

IndiaStateOdishaDistrictKalahandiGovernment

• TypePanchayati RajElevation

170 m (560 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total1,231Languages

• OfficialOdiaLanguage

• SpeakingSambalpuriTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

766031

Telephone code06676Vehicle registrationOD-8/OR-8

Badadungiriguda is a village in Odisha, India. It is located in the Karlamunda block of the Kalahandi district. It comes under the administration of the Gajabahal gram panchayat.^[1]

The village is 83 km from Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi, 50 km from Balangir, and 450 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

Geography

Badadunguriguda is located at 20°24′N 83°31′E / 20.40°N 83.51°E / 20.40; 83.51. It has an average elevation of 170 m (560 ft). The Bad Dunguri (Big hill) and Chita Dunguri (Leopard hill) are situated at the western part of Badadunguriguda.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, Badadunguriguda has a population of 1231 which 635 are male while 596 are female. Population of children with age of 0–6 is 151 which is 12.27% of total population of Badadunguriguda. Child sex ration for the Badadunguriguda as census is 936 lower than orissa state average of 941. Literacy rate of Badadunguriguda is 76.39% higher than state average of 72.87%.In Badadunguriguda male literacy stands at 85.64% while female literacy rate is 66.54%.In Badadunguriguda village out of total population 453 were engaged in work activities, 69.09% of workers describe their work as main work (Employment or Earning more than 6 months) while 30.91% were involved marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in main work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) 105 were agricultural labour.