Gram panchayat · Tihidi block · Bhadrak

Sahapur gram panchayat

Sahapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tihidi block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 10,952 people in 1,959 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chandabali assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 10,952
Literacy: 82.3%
Area: 21.5 km²
LGD code: 116768

Villages of Sahapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Talagopbindha	453	2,206	85.9%	30%	0%
Kandaragadia	207	1,171	81.9%	0%	0%
Haripur	126	988	90.3%	55%	0%
Sahapur	165	897	80.8%	4%	0%
Jafarabad	145	801	87.9%	0%	0%
Kashipur	140	772	61.7%	42%	0%
Kabirpur	140	766	86.7%	8%	0%
Nuagaon	103	593	85.7%	50%	0%
Fakirpur	81	457	76.8%	0%	0%
Jhinkria	73	404	81.2%	37%	0%
Sananahunipal	69	376	73.0%	100%	0%
Habadasingh	55	337	87.5%	53%	0%
Nauriapokhari	45	287	59.9%	61%	0%
Badanahunipal	43	261	85.0%	0%	0%
Gopaldohara	43	242	81.2%	28%	0%
Kasindipur	41	211	82.4%	61%	0%
Tubhi	30	183	87.5%	0%	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 Sahapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 10,952; 5,572 male · 5,380 female
Households: 1,959; about 5.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 82.3%; about the same as Tihidi block's villages (82.4%)
Females per 1,000 males: 966; below Tihidi block's villages (997)
Children aged 0–6: 1,390; 12.7% of residents
Workers: 3,977; 36.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 2,996 (27.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1 (0.0%)

What the 3,977 workers did

Cultivators1,853 (46.6%)
Agricultural labourers359 (9.0%)
Household industry304 (7.6%)
Other work445 (11.2%)
Marginal workers1,016 (25.5%)

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 Sahapur

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 22 km², 61% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 17
Middle school7 of 17
Secondary school3 of 17
Senior secondary school0 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre1 of 17
Anganwadi centre14 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump17 of 17
Electricity for homes17 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road14 of 17
Public bus0 of 17
Mobile phone coverage17 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office6 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop6 of 17
Weekly haat2 of 17

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 8
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17), Wheat (3), Sunflower (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 Tihidi block

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