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Gram panchayat · Talacher block · Angul

Santhapada gram panchayat

Santhapada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Talacher block of Angul district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 5,560 people in 1,233 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Talcher assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
5,560
Literacy
78.4%
Area
8.3 km²
LGD code
115757

Villages of Santhapada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Santhapada8273,71979.5%9%13%
Dasanali11953081.7%8%2%
Nuapada10950978.8%20%0%
Jhariamba10143774.4%22%0%
Tolakalundi7636366.4%48%37%
Haturipaluninhabited12100.0%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 Santhapada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,560
2,926 male · 2,634 female
Households
1,233
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.4%
about the same as Talacher block's villages (79.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
900
below Talacher block's villages (914)
Children aged 0–6
581
10.4% of residents
Workers
1,854
33.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
768 (13.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
612 (11.0%)

What the 1,854 workers did

  • Cultivators274 (14.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers86 (4.6%)
  • Household industry63 (3.4%)
  • Other work1,033 (55.7%)
  • Marginal workers398 (21.5%)

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 Santhapada

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 8 km², 44% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 6
  • Middle school2 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school1 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump5 of 6
  • Electricity for homes5 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6).

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 Talacher block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Santhapada? Share it with us.