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Gram panchayat · Bijepur block · Bargarh

Saipali gram panchayat

Saipali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bijepur block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 4,048 people in 1,112 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bijepur assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
4,048
Literacy
71.4%
Area
12.4 km²
LGD code
116473

Villages of Saipali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Saipali3351,28479.0%24%51%
Putuka2821,00961.6%22%5%
Putukigrinjal24085067.3%35%42%
Mahulpali14849072.8%4%0%
Salehdamki10741578.1%11%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 Saipali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,048
2,013 male · 2,035 female
Households
1,112
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
71.4%
below Bijepur block's villages (74.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,011
above Bijepur block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
437
10.8% of residents
Workers
2,302
56.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
890 (22.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,057 (26.1%)

What the 2,302 workers did

  • Cultivators325 (14.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers471 (20.5%)
  • Household industry83 (3.6%)
  • Other work85 (3.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,338 (58.1%)

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 Saipali

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 12 km², 65% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school3 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Ground Nuts (5), Pulses (4), Pulses/Veg. (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 Bijepur block

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