Skip to content

Gram panchayat · Bijatala block · Mayurbhanj

Sargoda gram panchayat

Sargoda is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bijatala block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 14 villages, home to 3,875 people in 887 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Saraskana assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
14
Population (2011)
3,875
Literacy
44.9%
Area
17.6 km²
LGD code
120139

Villages of Sargoda

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Saranda13159462.1%4%76%
Badabantha12153345.1%0%84%
Saragada13152861.6%0%69%
Kadatamak9242428.6%0%99%
Jhumukapahadi8234651.7%0%82%
Bhejidihi5730235.3%0%100%
Sanbantha7028039.0%0%100%
Sapaghera5826627.1%0%100%
Henselgoda6525947.2%3%61%
Hatisal3416221.8%0%100%
Lado3212530.3%0%89%
Daleidihi135118.6%0%100%
Ladohill150.0%0%100%
Saranda Bisoi Hill00–––

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 Sargoda

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,875
1,883 male · 1,992 female
Households
887
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
44.9%
below Bijatala block's villages (55.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,058
above Bijatala block's villages (1,040)
Children aged 0–6
637
16.4% of residents
Workers
2,494
64.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
31 (0.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,304 (85.3%)

What the 2,494 workers did

  • Cultivators590 (23.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers196 (7.9%)
  • Household industry62 (2.5%)
  • Other work93 (3.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,553 (62.3%)

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 Sargoda

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 18 km², 40% of it sown with crops and 19% forest.

Education

  • Primary school9 of 13
  • Middle school2 of 13
  • Secondary school2 of 13
  • Senior secondary school0 of 13
  • Degree college0 of 13

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 13
  • Health sub-centre2 of 13
  • Anganwadi centre10 of 13

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 13
  • Hand pump10 of 13
  • Electricity for homes5 of 13

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road11 of 13
  • Public bus0 of 13
  • Mobile phone coverage10 of 13

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 13
  • Commercial bank0 of 13
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 13
  • Weekly haat0 of 13
Primary schools
11
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (12), Maize (11). Handicrafts: Leaf Plates (10), Bamboo Products (1), Leaf Plate (1).

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 Bijatala block

Panchayat boundaries and village lists change with notifications by the Government of Odisha; check the block office for the current position. Know something about Sargoda? Share it with us.