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Gram panchayat · Sanakhemundi block · Ganjam

Erandra gram panchayat

Erandra is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sanakhemundi block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 5,775 people in 1,173 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
5,775
Literacy
75.4%
Area
8.2 km²
LGD code
117978

Villages of Erandra

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Erendra6743,34779.1%6%0%
Danaambatha2451,15563.4%3%0%
Jugudibalabhadrapur11866073.0%25%0%
Kalasandhapur12958581.6%4%0%
Biswanathpur72845.5%86%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 Erandra

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,775
3,083 male · 2,692 female
Households
1,173
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.4%
above Sanakhemundi block's villages (63.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
873
below Sanakhemundi block's villages (960)
Children aged 0–6
762
13.2% of residents
Workers
2,957
51.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
459 (7.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 2,957 workers did

  • Cultivators419 (14.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers252 (8.5%)
  • Household industry20 (0.7%)
  • Other work309 (10.4%)
  • Marginal workers1,957 (66.2%)

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 Erandra

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 8 km², 86% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 5
  • Middle school4 of 5
  • Secondary school1 of 5
  • Senior secondary school0 of 5
  • Degree college0 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre0 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes5 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 5
  • Public bus3 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

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 Sanakhemundi block

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