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Gram panchayat · Soro block · Balasore

Gud gram panchayat

Gud is a gram panchayat (village council) in Soro block of Balasore district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 4,710 people in 1,156 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Soro assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
4,710
Literacy
87.1%
Area
5.6 km²
LGD code
116315

Villages of Gud

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Gud1,1564,71087.1%12%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 Gud

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,710
2,435 male · 2,275 female
Households
1,156
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.1%
above Soro block's villages (82.5%)
Females per 1,000 males
934
about the same as Soro block's villages (941)
Children aged 0–6
494
10.5% of residents
Workers
1,602
34.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
566 (12.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,602 workers did

  • Cultivators585 (36.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers376 (23.5%)
  • Household industry30 (1.9%)
  • Other work351 (21.9%)
  • Marginal workers260 (16.2%)

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 Gud

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 6 km², 71% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school0 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 road0 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
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 Soro block

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