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Saptasajya gram panchayat

Saptasajya is a gram panchayat (village council) in Dhenkanal Sadar block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,553 people in 1,330 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhenkanal assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,553
Literacy
81.6%
Area
27.3 km²
LGD code
117278

Villages of Saptasajya

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Patrabhag6722,83679.6%22%31%
Saptasajya2681,09185.8%3%48%
Padmanavpur23295081.2%10%32%
Kamaning10946881.9%4%46%
Badrapali4920889.7%26%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 Saptasajya

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,553
2,798 male · 2,755 female
Households
1,330
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.6%
above Dhenkanal Sadar block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
985
above Dhenkanal Sadar block's villages (938)
Children aged 0–6
696
12.5% of residents
Workers
2,234
40.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
836 (15.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,929 (34.7%)

What the 2,234 workers did

  • Cultivators342 (15.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers211 (9.4%)
  • Household industry30 (1.3%)
  • Other work868 (38.9%)
  • Marginal workers783 (35.0%)

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 Saptasajya

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 27 km², 82% of it sown with crops and 8% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (5).

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 Dhenkanal Sadar block

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