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Gram panchayat · K.nuagan block · Kandhamal

Sirtiguda gram panchayat

Sirtiguda is a gram panchayat (village council) in K.nuagan block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 5,061 people in 1,207 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Baliguda assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
5,061
Literacy
66.1%
Area
44.3 km²
LGD code
118932

Villages of Sirtiguda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Siritiguda3551,37669.3%2%28%
Bandaguda16167282.9%8%74%
Kudupakia17263764.9%1%28%
Gosanaju9447149.7%3%91%
Gunjigam7733674.4%0%93%
Jangangia6128169.6%7%67%
Kamangi5726944.8%7%85%
Dagamaha5324548.5%2%91%
Kandibandha4923070.2%3%73%
Jurukupuda4920462.6%5%81%
Kasakupuda4016449.3%37%18%
Bipedi2610972.3%0%34%
Taramakia136758.9%15%72%
Gunjigam jangala00–––

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 Sirtiguda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,061
2,435 male · 2,626 female
Households
1,207
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
66.1%
about the same as K.nuagan block's villages (65.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,078
above K.nuagan block's villages (1,057)
Children aged 0–6
837
16.5% of residents
Workers
2,523
49.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
233 (4.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,889 (57.1%)

What the 2,523 workers did

  • Cultivators280 (11.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers386 (15.3%)
  • Household industry18 (0.7%)
  • Other work293 (11.6%)
  • Marginal workers1,546 (61.3%)

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 Sirtiguda

How many of the 13 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 14 villages cover 44 km², 16% of it sown with crops and 72% forest.

Education

  • Primary school11 of 13
  • Middle school3 of 13
  • Secondary school2 of 13
  • Senior secondary school1 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre2 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre7 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump13 of 13
  • Electricity for homes4 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 13
  • Public bus3 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 13
  • Weekly haat4 of 13
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Turmeric (13).

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 K.nuagan block

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