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Gram panchayat · Remuna block · Balasore

Sergarh gram panchayat

Sergarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Remuna block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 4,985 people in 1,217 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Remuna assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
4,985
Literacy
79.3%
Area
8.3 km²
LGD code
116289

Villages of Sergarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Shergada8053,36377.0%22%15%
Margorasahi (Madagodasahi)11544483.5%37%2%
Pahadawaukhunta9233779.0%44%0%
Baunsmuhan8233092.4%0%0%
Barapada7831088.2%6%0%
Abdulapur3214384.2%0%55%
Kundapurusottampur135850.0%0%100%
Bighnapur00–––

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 Sergarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,985
2,517 male · 2,468 female
Households
1,217
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.3%
above Remuna block's villages (77.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
981
above Remuna block's villages (953)
Children aged 0–6
656
13.2% of residents
Workers
2,050
41.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,063 (21.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
659 (13.2%)

What the 2,050 workers did

  • Cultivators469 (22.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers396 (19.3%)
  • Household industry25 (1.2%)
  • Other work503 (24.5%)
  • Marginal workers657 (32.0%)

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 Sergarh

How many of the 7 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 8 km², 51% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 7
  • Middle school4 of 7
  • Secondary school3 of 7
  • Senior secondary school0 of 7
  • Degree college0 of 7

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 7
  • Health sub-centre0 of 7
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 7

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 7
  • Hand pump7 of 7
  • Electricity for homes7 of 7

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 7
  • Public bus0 of 7
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 7

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 7
  • Commercial bank0 of 7
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 7
  • Weekly haat1 of 7
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (7).

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 Remuna block

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