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Gram panchayat · Champua block · Kendujhar

Sunaposi gram panchayat

Sunaposi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Champua block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 5,245 people in 1,171 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Champua assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
8
Population (2011)
5,245
Literacy
65.9%
Area
21.9 km²
LGD code
119307

Villages of Sunaposi

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Banko22293764.6%26%40%
Sunaposi19084767.5%0%24%
Basudebapur19983265.2%20%59%
Indraprastha15978671.8%11%30%
Sarasposi16868772.4%0%15%
Giridharipur10354452.3%3%93%
Kasira7433457.8%17%33%
Jodapokhari5627867.6%3%26%

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 Sunaposi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,245
2,641 male · 2,604 female
Households
1,171
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
65.9%
below Champua block's villages (69.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
986
below Champua block's villages (1,016)
Children aged 0–6
775
14.8% of residents
Workers
2,774
52.9% of residents
Scheduled Castes
588 (11.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
2,099 (40.0%)

What the 2,774 workers did

  • Cultivators276 (9.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers499 (18.0%)
  • Household industry39 (1.4%)
  • Other work335 (12.1%)
  • Marginal workers1,625 (58.6%)

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 Sunaposi

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 22 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 7% forest.

Education

  • Primary school8 of 8
  • Middle school3 of 8
  • Secondary school3 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre2 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre8 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 8
  • Public bus3 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage8 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
1
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8).

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 Champua block

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