Gram panchayat · Betnoti block · Mayurbhanj

Santara gram panchayat

Santara is a gram panchayat (village council) in Betnoti block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 19 villages, home to 7,990 people in 1,791 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Badasahi assembly constituency and the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 19
Population (2011): 7,990
Literacy: 62.7%
Area: 15.7 km²
LGD code: 120128

Villages of Santara

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Santara	244	1,154	57.7%	30%	13%
Tilada	179	847	49.4%	9%	57%
Machhpada	170	743	88.5%	0%	13%
Hotapur	132	711	67.2%	14%	44%
Talapada	130	631	62.5%	0%	0%
Jugpura	140	589	58.0%	0%	34%
Jampada	119	504	41.4%	71%	10%
Patada	127	476	86.9%	20%	0%
Badasal	102	435	49.6%	0%	56%
Kusada	95	389	74.5%	16%	0%
Murukundia	76	316	64.2%	0%	65%
Bhimpur	61	275	38.7%	0%	79%
Chandpura	66	250	65.6%	29%	39%
Madasahi	52	216	60.8%	0%	7%
Lakhmipur	35	196	55.8%	0%	76%
Chhatara	21	89	44.9%	0%	99%
Ishanpur	13	64	88.9%	0%	0%
Chhotaraipur	15	61	83.9%	5%	0%
Nimuhan	14	44	85.7%	0%	0%

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 Santara

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 7,990; 4,082 male · 3,908 female
Households: 1,791; about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 62.7%; below Betnoti block's villages (66.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 957; below Betnoti block's villages (986)
Children aged 0–6: 1,133; 14.2% of residents
Workers: 3,697; 46.3% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,115 (14.0%)
Scheduled Tribes: 2,311 (28.9%)

What the 3,697 workers did

Cultivators439 (11.9%)
Agricultural labourers379 (10.3%)
Household industry33 (0.9%)
Other work397 (10.7%)
Marginal workers2,449 (66.2%)

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 Santara

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 19 villages cover 16 km², 78% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

Primary school12 of 19
Middle school8 of 19
Secondary school2 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre2 of 19
Anganwadi centre16 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump19 of 19
Electricity for homes19 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road19 of 19
Public bus1 of 19
Mobile phone coverage18 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 19
Weekly haat1 of 19

Primary schools: 14
Middle schools: 10
Secondary schools: 4
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (19). Handicrafts: Grass Mats (7), Mats (5).

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 Betnoti block

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