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Gram panchayat · Parjang block · Dhenkanal

Sanda gram panchayat

Sanda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Parjang block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 7,115 people in 1,685 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Parjanga assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
1
Population (2011)
7,115
Literacy
79.4%
Area
26.1 km²
LGD code
117435

Villages of Sanda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sanda1,6857,11579.4%28%18%

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 Sanda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
7,115
3,603 male · 3,512 female
Households
1,685
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
79.4%
above Parjang block's villages (77.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
975
above Parjang block's villages (965)
Children aged 0–6
862
12.1% of residents
Workers
2,843
40.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,985 (27.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,314 (18.5%)

What the 2,843 workers did

  • Cultivators215 (7.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers669 (23.5%)
  • Household industry107 (3.8%)
  • Other work686 (24.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,166 (41.0%)

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 Sanda

How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 26 km², 60% of it sown with crops and 3% forest.

Education

  • Primary school1 of 1
  • Middle school1 of 1
  • Secondary school1 of 1
  • Senior secondary school1 of 1
  • Degree college1 of 1

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 1
  • Health sub-centre1 of 1
  • Anganwadi centre1 of 1

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 1
  • Hand pump1 of 1
  • Electricity for homes1 of 1

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 1
  • Public bus0 of 1
  • Mobile phone coverage1 of 1

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 1
  • Commercial bank1 of 1
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
  • Weekly haat1 of 1
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Black Gram (1), Vegetable (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 Parjang block

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