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Gram panchayat · Salepur block · Cuttack

Sudhakhanda gram panchayat

Sudhakhanda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Salepur block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 3,814 people in 978 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Salipur assembly constituency and the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
3,814
Literacy
82.6%
Area
7 km²
LGD code
117144

Villages of Sudhakhanda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Kulasamitanga20185981.9%9%0%
Sudukhanda18873981.9%25%0%
Panimando17065783.2%39%12%
Udayapur12545578.6%48%0%
Totapada8534981.2%34%0%
Artaka8831185.4%0%7%
Patenigoan7626687.8%17%0%
Sailo4517886.7%0%0%
Pateligoan–––––

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 Sudhakhanda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,814
1,962 male · 1,852 female
Households
978
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
82.6%
below Salepur block's villages (84.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
944
below Salepur block's villages (963)
Children aged 0–6
390
10.2% of residents
Workers
1,603
42.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
898 (23.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
103 (2.7%)

What the 1,603 workers did

  • Cultivators356 (22.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers136 (8.5%)
  • Household industry49 (3.1%)
  • Other work297 (18.5%)
  • Marginal workers765 (47.7%)

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 Sudhakhanda

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 7 km², 46% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 8
  • Middle school4 of 8
  • Secondary school1 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump3 of 8
  • Electricity for homes7 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 8
  • Public bus0 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Sugarcane (4), Black Berry (3), Vegetable (2), Vegetables (1), Jute (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 Salepur block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Sudhakhanda? Share it with us.