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Gram panchayat · Salepur block · Cuttack

Sisua gram panchayat

Sisua is a gram panchayat (village council) in Salepur block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,592 people in 1,104 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Salipur assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
4,592
Literacy
85.7%
Area
6.1 km²
LGD code
117143

Villages of Sisua

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Baharapada2341,00680.8%24%11%
Sapanapur21490592.0%15%0%
Sisua18274089.7%4%0%
Kalyanpur16868083.1%24%0%
Purushottampur13963385.9%50%1%
Bahabalapur16762882.5%14%7%

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 Sisua

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,592
2,376 male · 2,216 female
Households
1,104
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.7%
above Salepur block's villages (84.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
933
below Salepur block's villages (963)
Children aged 0–6
444
9.7% of residents
Workers
1,933
42.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
977 (21.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
155 (3.4%)

What the 1,933 workers did

  • Cultivators248 (12.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers300 (15.5%)
  • Household industry18 (0.9%)
  • Other work783 (40.5%)
  • Marginal workers584 (30.2%)

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 Sisua

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 6 villages cover 6 km², 27% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school1 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road6 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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 Salepur block

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