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Gram panchayat · Mahanga block · Cuttack

Sahapur gram panchayat

Sahapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Mahanga block of Cuttack district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,030 people in 1,178 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
5,030
Literacy
84.2%
Area
4.2 km²
LGD code
275438

Villages of Sahapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sahapur6422,80386.1%15%0%
Arilo5362,22781.8%12%14%

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
5,030
2,577 male · 2,453 female
Households
1,178
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.2%
below Mahanga block's villages (86.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
952
about the same as Mahanga block's villages (945)
Children aged 0–6
555
11.0% of residents
Workers
1,830
36.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
686 (13.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
305 (6.1%)

What the 1,830 workers did

  • Cultivators93 (5.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers486 (26.6%)
  • Household industry65 (3.6%)
  • Other work526 (28.7%)
  • Marginal workers660 (36.1%)

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 Sahapur

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 4 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school0 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre0 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump0 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus0 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
3
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2).

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 Mahanga block

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