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Gram panchayat · Jaleswar block · Balasore

Sugo gram panchayat

Sugo is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jaleswar block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 13 villages, home to 8,130 people in 1,876 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Jaleswar assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
13
Population (2011)
8,130
Literacy
86.0%
Area
12.9 km²
LGD code
116199

Villages of Sugo

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Banida5202,33782.4%7%10%
Sugo4371,74486.6%17%10%
Dhansimulia3681,56889.4%12%26%
Bhurukunda2151,02285.9%1%1%
Kasidiha20989986.1%12%0%
Khararabindha4924493.4%3%0%
Surula4517379.6%0%0%
Taldobi3213896.0%0%0%
Pasbela15100.0%0%0%
Baladpara00–––
Benajhaki00–––
Saluki00–––
Telpata00–––

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 Sugo

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
8,130
4,157 male · 3,973 female
Households
1,876
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.0%
above Jaleswar block's villages (74.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
956
about the same as Jaleswar block's villages (953)
Children aged 0–6
894
11.0% of residents
Workers
3,347
41.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
784 (9.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
821 (10.1%)

What the 3,347 workers did

  • Cultivators1,181 (35.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers386 (11.5%)
  • Household industry60 (1.8%)
  • Other work509 (15.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,211 (36.2%)

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 Sugo

How many of the 9 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 13 villages cover 13 km², 72% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 9
  • Middle school5 of 9
  • Secondary school3 of 9
  • Senior secondary school1 of 9
  • Degree college1 of 9

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 9
  • Health sub-centre1 of 9
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 9

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 9
  • Hand pump8 of 9
  • Electricity for homes8 of 9

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 9
  • Public bus7 of 9
  • Mobile phone coverage9 of 9

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 9
  • Commercial bank0 of 9
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 9
  • Weekly haat0 of 9
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (9).

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 Jaleswar block

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