Gram panchayat · Saraskana block · Mayurbhanj

Saraskana gram panchayat

Saraskana is a gram panchayat (village council) in Saraskana block of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, covering 23 villages, home to 10,389 people in 2,620 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Saraskana assembly constituency and the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 23
Population (2011): 10,389
Literacy: 66.6%
Area: 29.9 km²
LGD code: 120355

Villages of Saraskana

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Nuhamaliasahar	440	1,863	63.5%	7%	63%
Saraskana	345	1,323	82.2%	12%	4%
Ekdali	227	897	62.4%	11%	16%
Baghajhampa	206	783	72.8%	0%	31%
Mundhakata	156	603	69.5%	27%	15%
Pahadpur	116	511	58.8%	26%	63%
Malkunda	120	509	46.3%	6%	91%
Brusabhanupur	126	468	71.6%	1%	33%
Panasdiha	134	456	61.9%	3%	30%
Kasipal	89	381	63.2%	0%	56%
Gopinathpur	78	344	55.8%	0%	91%
Podasia	64	320	75.2%	19%	47%
Mahulbarei	94	318	58.4%	11%	50%
Nuagan Sirsa	78	287	63.8%	5%	58%
Panijia	69	272	50.0%	0%	31%
Nabinmundhakata	78	249	77.5%	0%	0%
Kisanpur	55	220	49.4%	0%	91%
Dhendgan	49	214	77.4%	100%	0%
Brundabanpur	36	152	64.4%	0%	88%
Chhuadim	27	118	76.7%	0%	94%
Pandabilla	30	91	92.9%	0%	0%
Badkundalbani	3	10	100.0%	0%	0%
Sankundalbani	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 Saraskana

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 10,389; 5,347 male · 5,042 female
Households: 2,620; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 66.6%; above Saraskana block's villages (63.6%)
Females per 1,000 males: 943; below Saraskana block's villages (981)
Children aged 0–6: 1,417; 13.6% of residents
Workers: 4,983; 48.0% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 1,071 (10.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 4,296 (41.4%)

What the 4,983 workers did

Cultivators687 (13.8%)
Agricultural labourers412 (8.3%)
Household industry139 (2.8%)
Other work450 (9.0%)
Marginal workers3,295 (66.1%)

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 Saraskana

How many of the 22 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 23 villages cover 30 km², 68% of it sown with crops and 5% forest.

Education

Primary school17 of 22
Middle school5 of 22
Secondary school2 of 22
Senior secondary school1 of 22
Degree college0 of 22

Health

Primary health centre0 of 22
Health sub-centre2 of 22
Anganwadi centre19 of 22

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 22
Hand pump22 of 22
Electricity for homes17 of 22

Roads & transport

All-weather road14 of 22
Public bus1 of 22
Mobile phone coverage22 of 22

Services

Post office or sub post office5 of 22
Commercial bank0 of 22
Ration (PDS) shop7 of 22
Weekly haat2 of 22

Primary schools: 21
Middle schools: 7
Secondary schools: 5
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (22), Vegetables (2). Handicrafts: Bamboo Products (1), Bamboo Works (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 Saraskana block

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