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Gram panchayat · Gosani block · Gajapati

Saradhapur gram panchayat

Saradhapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Gosani block of Gajapati district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 2,324 people in 555 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Paralakhemundi assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
2,324
Literacy
51.3%
Area
16.1 km²
LGD code
117454

Villages of Saradhapur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Saradhapur21597849.1%17%1%
Kamadhenu20488455.6%12%0%
Subhadranarayandeopeta8528149.0%0%1%
Gajapatinagar5118145.3%19%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 Saradhapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
2,324
1,144 male · 1,180 female
Households
555
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
51.3%
below Gosani block's villages (55.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,031
about the same as Gosani block's villages (1,035)
Children aged 0–6
243
10.5% of residents
Workers
1,219
52.5% of residents
Scheduled Castes
300 (12.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
16 (0.7%)

What the 1,219 workers did

  • Cultivators327 (26.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers243 (19.9%)
  • Household industry1 (0.1%)
  • Other work154 (12.6%)
  • Marginal workers494 (40.5%)

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 Saradhapur

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 16 km², 82% of it sown with crops.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school1 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre0 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump4 of 4
  • Electricity for homes4 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Ground Nuts (3), Til (2), Sugarcane (2), Gram (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 Gosani block

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