Gram panchayat · Patrapur block · Ganjam

Samantarapur gram panchayat

Samantarapur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Patrapur block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 23 villages, home to 5,730 people in 1,326 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Chikiti assembly constituency and the Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 23
Population (2011): 5,730
Literacy: 58.2%
Area: 13.8 km²
LGD code: 117890

Villages of Samantarapur

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Gudipadar	440	1,833	61.4%	8%	0%
Samantarapur	287	1,358	58.0%	8%	2%
Panchamba	132	564	51.5%	31%	9%
Narayanpur	70	289	60.1%	74%	0%
Khariabellapada	53	213	74.7%	11%	22%
Jamapadar(Gopinathpur)	44	184	53.9%	9%	75%
Mahulapada	41	169	74.5%	44%	0%
Kutumbari	34	154	69.5%	0%	0%
Talapadar	29	144	32.8%	0%	100%
Badapur	31	133	50.8%	0%	100%
Sindurapur	32	132	45.9%	0%	100%
Dabada	33	111	50.0%	0%	100%
Gobindapuruninhabited	21	96	66.7%	8%	0%
Raya	20	86	50.7%	88%	0%
Khajuriauninhabited	15	81	45.6%	0%	100%
Haripur	15	54	34.1%	0%	100%
Chanchadakhola	9	36	48.5%	0%	100%
Rougan	7	34	57.7%	0%	100%
Kandhagobindapur	6	29	37.5%	0%	100%
Koinphulia	4	17	76.5%	0%	100%
Khajuria	3	13	0.0%	0%	100%
Govindapuruninhabited	0	0	–	–	–
Rusikandhauninhabited	0	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 Samantarapur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,730; 2,783 male · 2,947 female
Households: 1,326; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 58.2%; about the same as Patrapur block's villages (57.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,059; above Patrapur block's villages (1,047)
Children aged 0–6: 687; 12.0% of residents
Workers: 3,312; 57.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 836 (14.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,055 (18.4%)

What the 3,312 workers did

Cultivators566 (17.1%)
Agricultural labourers281 (8.5%)
Household industry5 (0.2%)
Other work461 (13.9%)
Marginal workers1,999 (60.4%)

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 Samantarapur

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 14 km², 37% of it sown with crops and 22% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 21
Middle school3 of 21
Secondary school2 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre1 of 21
Anganwadi centre4 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump18 of 21
Electricity for homes17 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 21
Public bus0 of 21
Mobile phone coverage16 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 21
Weekly haat1 of 21

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 6
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19), Pulses (14), Biri (13), Ragi (2), Moong (1), Maize (1), Kolatha (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 Patrapur block

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