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Gram panchayat · Basta block · Balasore

Singla gram panchayat

Singla is a gram panchayat (village council) in Basta block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 6,053 people in 1,432 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jaleswar assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
6,053
Literacy
85.5%
Area
6.4 km²
LGD code
116139

Villages of Singla

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Jamsuli4911,91486.9%8%7%
Bantuli3441,47189.9%8%0%
Pathadurga3261,46477.0%10%13%
Singla21397688.5%6%3%
Kasimili5822887.0%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 Singla

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,053
3,090 male · 2,963 female
Households
1,432
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.5%
above Basta block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
959
about the same as Basta block's villages (951)
Children aged 0–6
663
11.0% of residents
Workers
2,420
40.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
471 (7.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
347 (5.7%)

What the 2,420 workers did

  • Cultivators909 (37.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers289 (11.9%)
  • Household industry28 (1.2%)
  • Other work368 (15.2%)
  • Marginal workers826 (34.1%)

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 Singla

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 6 km², 80% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school3 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 5
  • Public bus2 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat1 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

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 Basta block

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