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Gram panchayat · Telkoi block · Kendujhar

Sirigida gram panchayat

Sirigida is a gram panchayat (village council) in Telkoi block of Kendujhar district, Odisha, covering 5 villages, home to 3,757 people in 822 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Telkoi assembly constituency and the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
5
Population (2011)
3,757
Literacy
75.6%
Area
21.7 km²
LGD code
119532

Villages of Sirigida

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sirigida3721,73679.7%29%28%
Kalima17582663.6%3%25%
Kundheihata12456180.7%20%25%
Gopinathpur9436371.6%11%22%
Purastampur5727178.5%0%70%

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 Sirigida

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,757
1,851 male · 1,906 female
Households
822
about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
75.6%
above Telkoi block's villages (65.4%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,030
above Telkoi block's villages (1,010)
Children aged 0–6
461
12.3% of residents
Workers
1,817
48.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
678 (18.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,105 (29.4%)

What the 1,817 workers did

  • Cultivators377 (20.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers207 (11.4%)
  • Household industry39 (2.1%)
  • Other work509 (28.0%)
  • Marginal workers685 (37.7%)

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 Sirigida

How many of the 5 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 5 villages cover 22 km², 21% of it sown with crops and 47% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 5
  • Middle school3 of 5
  • Secondary school3 of 5
  • Senior secondary school1 of 5
  • Degree college1 of 5

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 5
  • Health sub-centre1 of 5
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 5

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 5
  • Hand pump5 of 5
  • Electricity for homes4 of 5

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road0 of 5
  • Public bus0 of 5
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 5

Services

  • Post office or sub post office4 of 5
  • Commercial bank0 of 5
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 5
  • Weekly haat0 of 5
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5), Vegetables (4), Oilseed (4).

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 Telkoi block

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