Gram panchayat · Harabhanga block · Boudh

Sampoch gram panchayat

Sampoch is a gram panchayat (village council) in Harabhanga block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 15 villages, home to 7,132 people in 1,676 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Boudh assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 15
Population (2011): 7,132
Literacy: 73.9%
Area: 28 km²
LGD code: 116808

Villages of Sampoch

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Rambhikata	294	1,112	60.5%	41%	18%
Sampoch	264	1,028	77.4%	29%	5%
Barajholi	187	823	71.7%	23%	1%
Shyamsundarpur	210	749	74.5%	13%	0%
Harekrishnapur	141	667	94.5%	9%	2%
Fakirpur	140	612	71.7%	19%	0%
Dimirijholi	54	423	92.0%	5%	45%
Bishnupur	82	369	60.5%	9%	2%
Bharatapur	76	336	77.3%	6%	0%
Balarampur	73	328	70.2%	17%	8%
Sanasubalaya	72	309	69.0%	9%	0%
Bhubaneswar	37	155	68.5%	67%	0%
Titirikata	31	149	67.9%	46%	12%
Chandipur	15	72	66.1%	31%	38%
Kuakuda	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 Sampoch

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,132; 3,644 male · 3,488 female
Households: 1,676; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 73.9%; about the same as Harabhanga block's villages (74.2%)
Females per 1,000 males: 957; below Harabhanga block's villages (987)
Children aged 0–6: 927; 13.0% of residents
Workers: 3,720; 52.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,567 (22.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 545 (7.6%)

What the 3,720 workers did

Cultivators758 (20.4%)
Agricultural labourers482 (13.0%)
Household industry66 (1.8%)
Other work594 (16.0%)
Marginal workers1,820 (48.9%)

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 Sampoch

How many of the 14 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 15 villages cover 28 km², 57% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 14
Middle school5 of 14
Secondary school3 of 14
Senior secondary school0 of 14
Degree college0 of 14

Health

Primary health centre0 of 14
Health sub-centre2 of 14
Anganwadi centre11 of 14

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 14
Hand pump14 of 14
Electricity for homes1 of 14

Roads & transport

All-weather road5 of 14
Public bus1 of 14
Mobile phone coverage13 of 14

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 14
Commercial bank0 of 14
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 14
Weekly haat0 of 14

Primary schools: 12
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 3
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (14), Pulses (14), Arhar (4), Mung (4), Nuts (2), Vegetables (1), Kolatha (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 Harabhanga block

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