Gram panchayat · Bhawanipatna block · Kalahandi

Sagada gram panchayat

Sagada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha, covering 21 villages, home to 5,399 people in 1,222 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Lanjigarh assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 21
Population (2011): 5,399
Literacy: 45.4%
Area: 42.4 km²
LGD code: 118622

Villages of Sagada

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sagada	263	1,073	54.5%	36%	53%
Dakibundel	136	618	44.3%	21%	78%
Labanyasara	111	512	31.6%	4%	94%
Nagjhari	123	512	38.2%	8%	86%
Upar Rachuguda	108	482	49.2%	23%	77%
Ambajor	73	384	46.8%	31%	65%
Lelingpadar	64	280	53.6%	32%	67%
Sargiguda	47	238	55.2%	2%	91%
Makhaguda	43	206	40.7%	0%	100%
Adaranga	37	187	55.4%	0%	100%
Talarachuguda	34	160	59.7%	3%	96%
Kashipadar	42	153	25.8%	0%	96%
Payarmal	39	147	25.0%	7%	86%
Jakam	27	129	47.6%	5%	95%
Rakas Tunda	19	90	36.4%	9%	91%
Talbarahkhoj	17	78	63.1%	4%	96%
Bhoiguda	17	61	21.8%	0%	100%
Khangargoda	15	56	24.4%	0%	100%
Atagarla	3	16	0.0%	0%	100%
Kharabahali	3	12	33.3%	0%	100%
Sargichuan	1	5	60.0%	0%	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 Sagada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,399; 2,648 male · 2,751 female
Households: 1,222; about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 45.4%; below Bhawanipatna block's villages (57.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,039; above Bhawanipatna block's villages (1,000)
Children aged 0–6: 973; 18.0% of residents
Workers: 2,793; 51.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 942 (17.4%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,235 (78.4%)

What the 2,793 workers did

Cultivators159 (5.7%)
Agricultural labourers675 (24.2%)
Household industry13 (0.5%)
Other work171 (6.1%)
Marginal workers1,775 (63.6%)

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 Sagada

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 21 villages cover 42 km², 36% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.

Education

Primary school11 of 21
Middle school2 of 21
Secondary school1 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre1 of 21
Anganwadi centre10 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump15 of 21
Electricity for homes5 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road8 of 21
Public bus2 of 21
Mobile phone coverage13 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop4 of 21
Weekly haat0 of 21

Primary schools: 11
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (21), Ragi (14), Til (4), Groundnut,Jhari (1), Pulses (1), Ground Nut (1), Jhari (1), Vegetables (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 Bhawanipatna block

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