Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore

Olandasargan gram panchayat

Olandasargan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 25 villages, home to 8,614 people in 2,042 households at the 2011 census.

Villages: 25
Population (2011): 8,614
Literacy: 79.3%
Area: 21.1 km²
LGD code: 116079

Villages of Olandasargan

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sargan	314	1,418	80.4%	33%	5%
Mahapada	245	1,016	71.5%	100%	0%
Saharda	241	970	79.8%	52%	0%
Gududa	193	789	80.5%	7%	10%
Hinjala	133	582	82.6%	0%	1%
Digida	109	447	89.7%	4%	0%
Jhinkiria	99	432	81.3%	16%	30%
Badagobra	97	431	55.1%	25%	71%
Tentulimundi	99	408	85.8%	19%	0%
Oupal	98	404	80.5%	38%	1%
Potagan	104	394	91.8%	0%	0%
Dobarai	71	322	91.0%	31%	69%
Palasia	79	289	69.2%	21%	0%
Akinia	56	253	85.0%	25%	0%
Talasingarpur	22	127	80.2%	0%	100%
Nalpur	29	117	38.7%	11%	81%
Mirjapur	19	84	78.1%	37%	0%
Mandadhar	20	82	88.4%	0%	0%
Potadiha	8	27	76.0%	0%	7%
Kinumahantypatana	3	14	54.5%	0%	100%
Dandika	3	8	87.5%	0%	0%
Baradharia	0	0	–	–	–
Bisnupur	0	0	–	–	–
Chakbramhananda	0	0	–	–	–
Sitapur	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 Olandasargan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 8,614; 4,433 male · 4,181 female
Households: 2,042; about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 79.3%; above Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 943; about the same as Baleshwar block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6: 1,151; 13.4% of residents
Workers: 2,791; 32.4% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,725 (31.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,055 (12.2%)

What the 2,791 workers did

Cultivators636 (22.8%)
Agricultural labourers704 (25.2%)
Household industry63 (2.3%)
Other work566 (20.3%)
Marginal workers822 (29.5%)

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 Olandasargan

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 25 villages cover 21 km², 73% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 21
Middle school7 of 21
Secondary school4 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre1 of 21
Anganwadi centre14 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump21 of 21
Electricity for homes17 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road18 of 21
Public bus1 of 21
Mobile phone coverage15 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office3 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop12 of 21
Weekly haat0 of 21

Primary schools: 13
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21).

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 Baleshwar block

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