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Gram panchayat · Surada block · Ganjam

Suramani gram panchayat

Suramani is a gram panchayat (village council) in Surada block of Ganjam district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 4,113 people in 871 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Surada assembly constituency and the Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
4,113
Literacy
64.2%
Area
7.6 km²
LGD code
118040

Villages of Suramani

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Suramani5132,36468.0%40%4%
Bhaliagochha3581,74958.8%14%3%

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 Suramani

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
4,113
1,976 male · 2,137 female
Households
871
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
64.2%
above Surada block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,081
above Surada block's villages (989)
Children aged 0–6
587
14.3% of residents
Workers
1,970
47.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,208 (29.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
139 (3.4%)

What the 1,970 workers did

  • Cultivators475 (24.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers269 (13.7%)
  • Household industry50 (2.5%)
  • Other work240 (12.2%)
  • Marginal workers936 (47.5%)

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 Suramani

How many of the 2 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 8 km², 70% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school1 of 2
  • Secondary school0 of 2
  • Senior secondary school0 of 2
  • Degree college0 of 2

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 2
  • Health sub-centre2 of 2
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 2

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump2 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus2 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank0 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat0 of 2
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Pulses (2).

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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