Gram panchayat · Kuliana block · Mayurbhanj

Saragachhida gram panchayat

Saragachhida is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kuliana block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 17 villages, home to 5,901 people in 1,363 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bangriposi assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 17
Population (2011): 5,901
Literacy: 54.8%
Area: 28.1 km²
LGD code: 120260

Villages of Saragachhida

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Saragchhida	216	945	58.6%	0%	72%
Chalunia	169	738	42.5%	3%	84%
Badtilau	117	561	40.7%	0%	83%
Bhugudakata	120	468	75.1%	13%	43%
Kaladam	104	442	62.2%	0%	65%
Tangasole	104	418	55.4%	0%	88%
Godargodi	85	351	60.0%	0%	100%
Ghuntabani	84	332	35.9%	0%	100%
Baghuasul	71	300	65.9%	3%	76%
Hatibari	62	299	51.0%	0%	100%
Nagrasol	51	253	64.6%	1%	98%
Badpalasia	46	220	35.5%	0%	92%
Charmania	48	200	61.9%	0%	57%
Tubulbhadu	35	139	52.5%	0%	91%
Bholabeda	27	110	68.5%	0%	55%
Bankaanla	17	87	52.1%	0%	100%
Chahalapada	7	38	84.4%	0%	37%

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 Saragachhida

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,901; 2,971 male · 2,930 female
Households: 1,363; about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 54.8%; below Kuliana block's villages (62.3%)
Females per 1,000 males: 986; about the same as Kuliana block's villages (995)
Children aged 0–6: 861; 14.6% of residents
Workers: 2,936; 49.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 98 (1.7%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,682 (79.3%)

What the 2,936 workers did

Cultivators269 (9.2%)
Agricultural labourers228 (7.8%)
Household industry52 (1.8%)
Other work186 (6.3%)
Marginal workers2,201 (75.0%)

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 Saragachhida

How many of the 17 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 17 villages cover 28 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 18% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 17
Middle school3 of 17
Secondary school1 of 17
Senior secondary school0 of 17
Degree college0 of 17

Health

Primary health centre0 of 17
Health sub-centre2 of 17
Anganwadi centre12 of 17

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 17
Hand pump16 of 17
Electricity for homes2 of 17

Roads & transport

All-weather road16 of 17
Public bus0 of 17
Mobile phone coverage15 of 17

Services

Post office or sub post office4 of 17
Commercial bank0 of 17
Ration (PDS) shop2 of 17
Weekly haat2 of 17

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

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (17), Vegetables (17), Black Gram, Maize (1), Black Gram (1). Handicrafts: Sal Leaf Plate, Khali Stiching (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 Kuliana block

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