Gram panchayat · Palalahada block · Angul

Sankhamur gram panchayat

Sankhamur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Palalahada block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 22 villages, home to 7,779 people in 2,009 households at the 2011 census.

Villages: 22
Population (2011): 7,779
Literacy: 72.6%
Area: 38.5 km²
LGD code: 115736

Villages of Sankhamur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sankhamur	484	1,992	73.8%	20%	14%
Ranja	249	972	69.6%	17%	21%
Garadmunda	198	713	79.9%	24%	14%
Besalia	165	580	75.2%	20%	15%
Baidehipur	133	506	59.6%	8%	33%
Panihara	126	488	73.1%	21%	3%
Jambua	121	458	71.8%	5%	22%
Pita	115	440	79.1%	20%	20%
Jharkilinda	111	412	79.3%	16%	30%
Khandabeda	67	278	78.0%	76%	24%
Patabeda	46	193	83.2%	0%	0%
Bhadramunda	40	171	50.4%	0%	70%
Satyagan	44	169	29.6%	0%	100%
Rajamunda	33	156	79.6%	11%	26%
Ganeshganja	22	68	74.2%	6%	12%
Patumura	22	68	84.4%	100%	0%
Baidyanathapur	16	55	88.9%	0%	13%
Nabamunda	9	36	64.5%	0%	61%
Nitiam	8	24	30.4%	0%	100%
Kundandeipur	0	0	–	–	–
Mohanpur	0	0	–	–	–
Nimihata	0	0	–	–	–

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 Sankhamur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,779; 3,999 male · 3,780 female
Households: 2,009; about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 72.6%; above Palalahada block's villages (67.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 945; below Palalahada block's villages (968)
Children aged 0–6: 902; 11.6% of residents
Workers: 3,938; 50.6% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,459 (18.8%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,617 (20.8%)

What the 3,938 workers did

Cultivators420 (10.7%)
Agricultural labourers746 (18.9%)
Household industry42 (1.1%)
Other work459 (11.7%)
Marginal workers2,271 (57.7%)

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 Sankhamur

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 22 villages cover 38 km², 32% of it sown with crops and 25% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 19
Middle school9 of 19
Secondary school2 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre3 of 19
Anganwadi centre14 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump13 of 19
Electricity for homes18 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road17 of 19
Public bus1 of 19
Mobile phone coverage15 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop5 of 19
Weekly haat1 of 19

Primary schools: 18
Middle schools: 10
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 3

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Black Gram (19), Biri (6), Til (3), Harad (2), Pulses (1), Bazara (1), Mung (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 Palalahada block

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