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Gram panchayat · Attabira block · Bargarh

Silet gram panchayat

Silet is a gram panchayat (village council) in Attabira block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,874 people in 1,226 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Attabira assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
4,874
Literacy
72.1%
Area
19.3 km²
LGD code
116366

Villages of Silet

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Silat1,1084,37469.2%22%26%
Nuabatimunda11850096.9%9%64%

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 Silet

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,874
2,457 male · 2,417 female
Households
1,226
about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
72.1%
below Attabira block's villages (75.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
984
above Attabira block's villages (968)
Children aged 0–6
524
10.8% of residents
Workers
2,545
52.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,018 (20.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,470 (30.2%)

What the 2,545 workers did

  • Cultivators740 (29.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers761 (29.9%)
  • Household industry6 (0.2%)
  • Other work247 (9.7%)
  • Marginal workers791 (31.1%)

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 Silet

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 19 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college1 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Vegetables (2), Groundnut (2).

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 Attabira block

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