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Sarsara gram panchayat

Sarsara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bargarh block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 5,668 people in 1,393 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bargarh assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
5,668
Literacy
76.2%
Area
14.2 km²
LGD code
116391

Villages of Sarsara

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sarsara1,3935,66876.2%16%14%

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 Sarsara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,668
2,948 male · 2,720 female
Households
1,393
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
76.2%
above Bargarh block's villages (74.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
923
below Bargarh block's villages (943)
Children aged 0–6
528
9.3% of residents
Workers
2,610
46.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
933 (16.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
789 (13.9%)

What the 2,610 workers did

  • Cultivators936 (35.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers678 (26.0%)
  • Household industry91 (3.5%)
  • Other work501 (19.2%)
  • Marginal workers404 (15.5%)

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 Sarsara

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 14 km², 81% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school0 of 1
  • Senior secondary school1 of 1
  • Degree college1 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 road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 1
  • Commercial bank0 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 1
  • Weekly haat0 of 1
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Ground Nuts (1), Vegetables (1). Handicrafts: Weaving Products (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 Bargarh block

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