Gram panchayat · Kantamal block · Boudh

Sundhipadar gram panchayat

Sundhipadar is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kantamal block of Boudh district, Odisha, covering 20 villages, home to 6,465 people in 1,674 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kantamal assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 20
Population (2011): 6,465
Literacy: 62.1%
Area: 35 km²
LGD code: 116835

Villages of Sundhipadar

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Dhungiapadar	271	1,038	60.0%	12%	0%
Sundhipadar	222	775	63.4%	23%	1%
Bardola	172	705	59.3%	25%	2%
Baulapur	135	507	58.9%	10%	18%
Sekamal	106	412	65.0%	2%	0%
Nadianabar	83	381	57.1%	20%	0%
Gopalpur	96	354	73.4%	29%	0%
Gudhiali	80	347	61.2%	3%	0%
Paichhadadar	76	271	66.8%	0%	20%
Kundhipadar	55	258	73.8%	25%	0%
Manoharpur	74	257	58.5%	14%	0%
Purusottamapur	63	255	57.8%	0%	0%
Penajora	47	175	56.0%	0%	39%
Palajhari	49	166	55.0%	12%	64%
Chatrubhujpur	27	116	69.6%	0%	1%
Laxmiprasad	35	113	45.8%	0%	51%
Binayakpur	29	112	81.9%	0%	0%
Rahasbiharipur	26	110	67.0%	0%	0%
Mahatpur	23	96	63.0%	0%	6%
Chichenga	5	17	46.2%	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 Sundhipadar

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 6,465; 3,265 male · 3,200 female
Households: 1,674; about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 62.1%; below Kantamal block's villages (67.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 980; below Kantamal block's villages (999)
Children aged 0–6: 942; 14.6% of residents
Workers: 3,811; 58.9% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 841 (13.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 406 (6.3%)

What the 3,811 workers did

Cultivators852 (22.4%)
Agricultural labourers417 (10.9%)
Household industry20 (0.5%)
Other work116 (3.0%)
Marginal workers2,406 (63.1%)

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 Sundhipadar

How many of the 20 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 20 villages cover 35 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 4% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 20
Middle school7 of 20
Secondary school1 of 20
Senior secondary school0 of 20
Degree college0 of 20

Health

Primary health centre0 of 20
Health sub-centre1 of 20
Anganwadi centre11 of 20

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 20
Hand pump20 of 20
Electricity for homes3 of 20

Roads & transport

All-weather road20 of 20
Public bus0 of 20
Mobile phone coverage17 of 20

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 20
Commercial bank0 of 20
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 20
Weekly haat0 of 20

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (20), Pulses (19), Arhar (15), Red Gram (3), Black Gram (1), Onion (1), Rashi (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 Kantamal block

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