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Gram panchayat · Surada block · Ganjam

Gopalapur Sasan gram panchayat

Gopalapur Sasan is a gram panchayat (village council) in Surada block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 10 villages, home to 9,966 people in 2,192 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Surada assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
10
Population (2011)
9,966
Literacy
58.9%
Area
19 km²
LGD code
118028

Villages of Gopalapur Sasan

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sorisabili5232,48852.6%32%0%
Tatabali4771,90663.8%17%13%
Gopalpursasan2841,16659.4%33%14%
Sanasurada20495466.5%33%0%
Jhuntiapalli16588068.5%24%0%
Jayasingi18783859.4%39%0%
Muliapalli11958959.4%16%17%
Haripur8645955.7%5%25%
Hatigada7739439.8%0%0%
Baishnabakotibadi7029252.2%0%15%

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 Gopalapur Sasan

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,966
5,040 male · 4,926 female
Households
2,192
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
58.9%
about the same as Surada block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
977
below Surada block's villages (989)
Children aged 0–6
1,369
13.7% of residents
Workers
4,505
45.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
2,479 (24.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
656 (6.6%)

What the 4,505 workers did

  • Cultivators674 (15.0%)
  • Agricultural labourers597 (13.3%)
  • Household industry15 (0.3%)
  • Other work1,148 (25.5%)
  • Marginal workers2,071 (46.0%)

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 Gopalapur Sasan

How many of the 10 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 10 villages cover 19 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 10
  • Middle school4 of 10
  • Secondary school1 of 10
  • Senior secondary school0 of 10
  • Degree college0 of 10

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 10
  • Health sub-centre1 of 10
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 10

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 10
  • Hand pump10 of 10
  • Electricity for homes10 of 10

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road10 of 10
  • Public bus0 of 10
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 10

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 10
  • Commercial bank0 of 10
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 10
  • Weekly haat0 of 10
Primary schools
12
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
1
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (10).

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 Surada block

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