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Gram panchayat · Kamakhyanagar block · Dhenkanal

Saruali gram panchayat

Saruali is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kamakhyanagar block of Dhenkanal district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,161 people in 1,208 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency and the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,161
Literacy
84.1%
Area
21 km²
LGD code
275108

Villages of Saruali

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Saruali5082,01575.4%13%21%
Mota2801,27089.4%19%21%
Khokasa2891,26489.2%37%13%
Bampu7235693.4%0%100%
Sunajhari5925689.5%27%73%

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 Saruali

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,161
2,672 male · 2,489 female
Households
1,208
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.1%
above Kamakhyanagar block's villages (79.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
932
below Kamakhyanagar block's villages (952)
Children aged 0–6
630
12.2% of residents
Workers
1,927
37.3% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,040 (20.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,399 (27.1%)

What the 1,927 workers did

  • Cultivators499 (25.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers85 (4.4%)
  • Household industry21 (1.1%)
  • Other work634 (32.9%)
  • Marginal workers688 (35.7%)

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 Saruali

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 21 km², 25% of it sown with crops and 37% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school2 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road3 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage3 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
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Black Gram (5), Vegetable (2), Rabi Crops (1), Dal (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 Kamakhyanagar block

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