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Sultanpur gram panchayat

Sultanpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhograi block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 4,424 people in 1,018 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bhograi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
4,424
Literacy
88.3%
Area
3.8 km²
LGD code
116171

Villages of Sultanpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baghrukhi3471,53789.3%1%0%
Sultanpur2421,06993.6%10%0%
Ghantilodi(Ghantiadi)20181784.9%18%9%
Kuarjalina6327873.2%79%0%
Rasidpur6425079.6%13%0%
Rahemanpur3517998.8%34%0%
Bamanbada3614978.1%34%0%
Kharsuan3014599.2%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 Sultanpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,424
2,270 male · 2,154 female
Households
1,018
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
88.3%
above Bhograi block's villages (84.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
949
above Bhograi block's villages (934)
Children aged 0–6
469
10.6% of residents
Workers
2,035
46.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
637 (14.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
71 (1.6%)

What the 2,035 workers did

  • Cultivators987 (48.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers105 (5.2%)
  • Household industry56 (2.8%)
  • Other work335 (16.5%)
  • Marginal workers552 (27.1%)

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 Sultanpur

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 4 km², 35% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 8
  • Middle school2 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office3 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 8
  • Weekly haat1 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Betel (3).

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 Bhograi block

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