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Gram panchayat · Hindol block · Dhenkanal

Asarada gram panchayat

Asarada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Hindol block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 3,516 people in 918 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Hindol assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
3,516
Literacy
74.7%
Area
9.2 km²
LGD code
117309

Villages of Asarada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Barasingha6422,45570.1%40%0%
Asarada2761,06185.4%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 Asarada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,516
1,797 male · 1,719 female
Households
918
about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
74.7%
below Hindol block's villages (75.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
957
about the same as Hindol block's villages (959)
Children aged 0–6
394
11.2% of residents
Workers
1,258
35.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,261 (35.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,258 workers did

  • Cultivators107 (8.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers169 (13.4%)
  • Household industry34 (2.7%)
  • Other work258 (20.5%)
  • Marginal workers690 (54.8%)

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 Asarada

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 9 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school1 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 pump2 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
1
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Black Gram (2), Pulses (1), Onion (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 Hindol block

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