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Sahaspur gram panchayat
Sahaspur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Jajpur block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,185 people in 1,304 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bari assembly constituency and the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 3
- Population (2011)
- 5,185
- Literacy
- 76.6%
- Area
- 4.7 km²
- LGD code
- 118433
Villages of Sahaspur
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sahaspur | 847 | 3,323 | 78.5% | 41% | 0% |
| Gobindpur | 430 | 1,738 | 75.1% | 50% | 0% |
| Badabhubanpur | 27 | 124 | 48.1% | 6% | 55% |
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 Sahaspur
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,185
- 2,667 male · 2,518 female
- Households
- 1,304
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 76.6%
- below Jajpur block's villages (82.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 944
- below Jajpur block's villages (954)
- Children aged 0–6
- 627
- 12.1% of residents
- Workers
- 1,664
- 32.1% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,240 (43.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 71 (1.4%)
What the 1,664 workers did
- Cultivators198 (11.9%)
- Agricultural labourers460 (27.6%)
- Household industry26 (1.6%)
- Other work743 (44.7%)
- Marginal workers237 (14.2%)
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 Sahaspur
How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 5 km², 83% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school3 of 3
- Middle school1 of 3
- Secondary school1 of 3
- Senior secondary school0 of 3
- Degree college0 of 3
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 3
- Health sub-centre1 of 3
- Anganwadi centre3 of 3
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 3
- Hand pump3 of 3
- Electricity for homes3 of 3
Roads & transport
- All-weather road2 of 3
- Public bus3 of 3
- Mobile phone coverage3 of 3
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 3
- Commercial bank0 of 3
- Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
- Weekly haat0 of 3
- Primary schools
- 4
- Middle schools
- 1
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Ground Nuts (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 Jajpur block
- Badasuar
- Basudevpur
- Beruda
- Bhubaneswarpur
- Bhuinpur
- Bichitrapur
- Chainipur
- Chhatisdevil
- Erbank
- Jafarpur
- Jahanpur
- Jamdhar
- Jhalpada
- Khairabad
- Maheswarpur
- Malandapur
- Markandapur
- Nathasahi
- Panasa
- Rudrapur
- Sanasuar
- Shyamadaspur
- Similia
- Sujanpur
- Uparbaruhan
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