Gram panchayat · Baliguda block · Kandhamal

Sindirigaon gram panchayat

Sindirigaon is a gram panchayat (village council) in Baliguda block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 27 villages, home to 5,155 people in 1,111 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 27
Population (2011): 5,155
Literacy: 61.7%
Area: 46 km²
LGD code: 118878

Villages of Sindirigaon

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sindrigan	312	1,517	70.9%	13%	58%
Ganjupadi	117	720	77.2%	16%	57%
Pakulada	65	285	41.0%	8%	88%
Andaragan	68	274	57.0%	5%	55%
Balipadara(A)	53	224	61.5%	9%	83%
Kilugan	52	193	63.2%	1%	15%
Sapakamba	50	187	49.0%	0%	64%
Manikuti	37	174	52.1%	0%	63%
Kilupada	34	148	78.4%	0%	100%
Gebapadar	33	142	64.1%	21%	59%
Sarupada	30	124	57.9%	0%	83%
Padarpada	31	121	67.0%	0%	100%
Salagapadar	24	116	52.1%	3%	66%
Barapadi	25	115	15.8%	0%	85%
Mahasingipanga	21	104	52.6%	25%	50%
Lundrukheta	18	84	42.4%	12%	21%
Nelipada	23	84	78.3%	0%	93%
Sandurupada	16	82	9.7%	0%	93%
Dalamila	18	79	40.0%	0%	100%
Kilarghat	16	76	33.9%	13%	87%
Ganjulpadi	15	71	59.0%	6%	94%
Bandespanga	15	70	41.2%	21%	74%
Tilapanga	16	61	70.0%	13%	0%
Maskapadar	7	38	32.3%	0%	63%
Pajingpata	7	32	24.0%	0%	100%
Gimapanga	7	31	44.4%	0%	100%
Dengargaon	1	3	50.0%	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 Sindirigaon

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,155; 2,359 male · 2,796 female
Households: 1,111; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 61.7%; above Baliguda block's villages (55.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,185; above Baliguda block's villages (1,048)
Children aged 0–6: 867; 16.8% of residents
Workers: 2,278; 44.2% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 478 (9.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,340 (64.8%)

What the 2,278 workers did

Cultivators839 (36.8%)
Agricultural labourers385 (16.9%)
Household industry31 (1.4%)
Other work230 (10.1%)
Marginal workers793 (34.8%)

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 Sindirigaon

How many of the 27 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 27 villages cover 46 km², 17% of it sown with crops and 68% forest.

Education

Primary school24 of 27
Middle school3 of 27
Secondary school0 of 27
Senior secondary school0 of 27
Degree college0 of 27

Health

Primary health centre0 of 27
Health sub-centre1 of 27
Anganwadi centre9 of 27

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 27
Hand pump19 of 27
Electricity for homes2 of 27

Roads & transport

All-weather road1 of 27
Public bus0 of 27
Mobile phone coverage14 of 27

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 27
Commercial bank0 of 27
Ration (PDS) shop3 of 27
Weekly haat0 of 27

Primary schools: 25
Middle schools: 3
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (26), Turmeric (25), Maize (24), Mustard (1), Til (1). Handicrafts: Leaf Plates (24), Hill Broom (24), Wooden Material (24).

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 Baliguda block

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