Gram panchayat · Chakapad block · Kandhamal

Shankarakhol gram panchayat

Shankarakhol is a gram panchayat (village council) in Chakapad block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 23 villages, home to 5,631 people in 1,464 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 23
Population (2011): 5,631
Literacy: 67.2%
Area: 26.5 km²
LGD code: 118889

Villages of Shankarakhol

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sankarakhole	356	1,409	82.2%	14%	28%
Lambarkhole	160	494	29.6%	39%	50%
Tapadingia	136	491	71.7%	15%	48%
Gudrigam	107	428	65.6%	24%	27%
Mirigisuga	115	419	72.6%	42%	34%
Badeguda	75	254	70.2%	6%	77%
Majaganda	43	198	63.1%	0%	96%
Baridisahi	42	195	59.6%	7%	93%
Sanadabadi	38	174	70.9%	0%	70%
Kadupadar	43	173	73.2%	21%	65%
Sitajhar	38	157	63.6%	0%	99%
Basiamba	33	150	73.5%	1%	94%
Uparaadabadi	35	144	70.5%	1%	89%
Sandhijargi	35	140	64.6%	4%	37%
Dabeni	31	132	67.8%	0%	98%
Lengarkhole	30	105	62.2%	0%	100%
Totapadar	26	101	63.3%	65%	25%
Sikapada	23	92	53.7%	0%	75%
Kendugudari	23	89	43.0%	0%	26%
Sramudi	18	85	65.9%	0%	100%
Ududeba	25	76	43.5%	0%	100%
Raikhole	18	63	62.7%	0%	73%
Kuradinisa	14	62	56.9%	0%	100%

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 Shankarakhol

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,631; 2,692 male · 2,939 female
Households: 1,464; about 3.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 67.2%; below Chakapad block's villages (68.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,092; above Chakapad block's villages (1,024)
Children aged 0–6: 645; 11.5% of residents
Workers: 2,856; 50.7% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 886 (15.7%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,035 (53.9%)

What the 2,856 workers did

Cultivators475 (16.6%)
Agricultural labourers278 (9.7%)
Household industry32 (1.1%)
Other work577 (20.2%)
Marginal workers1,494 (52.3%)

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 Shankarakhol

How many of the 23 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 26 km², 29% of it sown with crops and 10% forest.

Education

Primary school14 of 23
Middle school2 of 23
Secondary school1 of 23
Senior secondary school1 of 23
Degree college1 of 23

Health

Primary health centre0 of 23
Health sub-centre1 of 23
Anganwadi centre9 of 23

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 23
Hand pump23 of 23
Electricity for homes23 of 23

Roads & transport

All-weather road23 of 23
Public bus2 of 23
Mobile phone coverage21 of 23

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 23
Commercial bank0 of 23
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 23
Weekly haat1 of 23

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 2
Secondary schools: 2
Degree colleges: 1
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (23), Maize (21).

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 Chakapad block

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