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Gram panchayat · Phiringia block · Kandhamal

Samarbandha gram panchayat

Samarbandha is a gram panchayat (village council) in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district, Odisha, covering 34 villages, home to 1,947 people in 409 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Phulbani assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
34
Population (2011)
1,947
Literacy
27.7%
Area
24.9 km²
LGD code
275196

Villages of Samarbandha

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Samarbandha3717151.4%13%74%
Bajori3114444.4%0%19%
Gagadapader3013343.5%23%36%
Bandangpadi301302.7%1%98%
Sule241228.4%0%78%
Kilaripanga189236.8%5%78%
Buriguda148612.0%79%21%
Baidipader148336.6%0%84%
Ratamaska168026.9%0%100%
Sardoli207831.7%3%85%
Surkapanga127617.9%8%92%
Damangapader177441.1%68%8%
Migunpadar127016.9%0%87%
Digiriguda156814.3%0%82%
Masangata136824.1%0%49%
Kadu146521.3%12%88%
Ladapadar13602.3%0%100%
Laspue12534.5%2%96%
Rebilada114765.6%0%0%
Gurupalada73716.1%0%35%
Adapikudi83617.2%0%64%
Kilaripanga jangala7328.0%0%53%
Dangarsahi63128.0%0%100%
Salupara62536.8%0%100%
Guhuri51953.3%0%100%
Mandukamaska5160.0%0%100%
Pidihakuti31630.8%0%0%
Saulpada jangala51658.3%0%100%
Palisuga31457.1%0%100%
Bajodi jangala1540.0%0%100%
Laspue Jungle00–––
Ratamaska jangala00–––
Sardoli jangala00–––
Bagadpata–––––

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 Samarbandha

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
1,947
948 male · 999 female
Households
409
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
27.7%
below Phiringia block's villages (59.2%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,054
about the same as Phiringia block's villages (1,049)
Children aged 0–6
334
17.2% of residents
Workers
1,045
53.7% of residents
Scheduled Castes
194 (10.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,303 (66.9%)

What the 1,045 workers did

  • Cultivators286 (27.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers77 (7.4%)
  • Household industry4 (0.4%)
  • Other work23 (2.2%)
  • Marginal workers655 (62.7%)

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 Samarbandha

How many of the 30 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 33 villages cover 25 km², 13% of it sown with crops and 34% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 30
  • Middle school0 of 30
  • Secondary school0 of 30
  • Senior secondary school0 of 30
  • Degree college0 of 30

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 30
  • Health sub-centre0 of 30
  • Anganwadi centre16 of 30

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 30
  • Hand pump29 of 30
  • Electricity for homes0 of 30

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 30
  • Public bus0 of 30
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 30

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 30
  • Commercial bank0 of 30
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 30
  • Weekly haat0 of 30
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
0
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (29), Til (12), Maize (10), Horse Gram (9), Turmeric (6), Black Gram (6), Ragi (4), Gram (3).

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 Phiringia block

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