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Gram panchayat · Baleshwar block · Balasore

Srikona gram panchayat

Srikona is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baleshwar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 6,935 people in 1,519 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
6,935
Literacy
72.9%
Area
25.1 km²
LGD code
116090

Villages of Srikona

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Srikona (Part)1,5196,93572.9%5%27%

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 Srikona

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,935
3,523 male · 3,412 female
Households
1,519
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.9%
below Baleshwar block's villages (76.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
968
above Baleshwar block's villages (942)
Children aged 0–6
1,028
14.8% of residents
Workers
2,708
39.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
328 (4.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,897 (27.4%)

What the 2,708 workers did

  • Cultivators337 (12.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers262 (9.7%)
  • Household industry18 (0.7%)
  • Other work1,193 (44.1%)
  • Marginal workers898 (33.2%)

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 Srikona

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 25 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school1 of 1
  • Degree college0 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre0 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus1 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank1 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Baleshwar block

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