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Gram panchayat · Sukinda block · Jajpur

Sukindagarh gram panchayat

Sukindagarh is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sukinda block of Jajpur district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 9,238 people in 1,912 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
2
Population (2011)
9,238
Literacy
67.7%
Area
19.6 km²
LGD code
118514

Villages of Sukindagarh

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Nizigarh1,2866,26975.0%12%25%
Madhapur6262,96951.6%7%53%

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 Sukindagarh

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,238
4,677 male · 4,561 female
Households
1,912
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.7%
above Sukinda block's villages (66.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
975
above Sukinda block's villages (964)
Children aged 0–6
1,280
13.9% of residents
Workers
2,942
31.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
931 (10.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,114 (33.7%)

What the 2,942 workers did

  • Cultivators200 (6.8%)
  • Agricultural labourers243 (8.3%)
  • Household industry199 (6.8%)
  • Other work1,579 (53.7%)
  • Marginal workers721 (24.5%)

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 Sukindagarh

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 20 km², 24% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 2
  • Middle school2 of 2
  • Secondary school1 of 2
  • Senior secondary school1 of 2
  • Degree college1 of 2

Health

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

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 2
  • Hand pump0 of 2
  • Electricity for homes2 of 2

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 2
  • Public bus1 of 2
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 2

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 2
  • Commercial bank1 of 2
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 2
  • Weekly haat1 of 2
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (2), Biri (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 Sukinda block

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