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Gram panchayat · Nuagaon block · Nayagarh

Sikrida gram panchayat

Sikrida is a gram panchayat (village council) in Nuagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 3,062 people in 784 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Daspalla assembly constituency and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
3,062
Literacy
87.6%
Area
11.4 km²
LGD code
120698

Villages of Sikrida

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sikrida2801,04890.2%8%4%
Krushnaprasad21591386.0%20%0%
Gaudachancharapali8431386.8%0%0%
Andharkhani6423585.7%5%31%
Baradakhaman6923093.2%37%7%
Ameinmunhi3314978.2%0%66%
Badaberana2914087.3%0%0%
Dumdumapali103471.9%0%97%
Brajasundarpur–––––

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 Sikrida

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,062
1,608 male · 1,454 female
Households
784
about 3.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
87.6%
above Nuagaon block's villages (77.6%)
Females per 1,000 males
904
below Nuagaon block's villages (921)
Children aged 0–6
315
10.3% of residents
Workers
1,114
36.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
358 (11.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
261 (8.5%)

What the 1,114 workers did

  • Cultivators470 (42.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers298 (26.8%)
  • Household industry15 (1.3%)
  • Other work95 (8.5%)
  • Marginal workers236 (21.2%)

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 Sikrida

How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 11 km², 66% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 8
  • Middle school2 of 8
  • Secondary school0 of 8
  • Senior secondary school0 of 8
  • Degree college0 of 8

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 8
  • Health sub-centre0 of 8
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 8

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 8
  • Hand pump8 of 8
  • Electricity for homes8 of 8

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road8 of 8
  • Public bus3 of 8
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 8

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 8
  • Commercial bank0 of 8
  • Ration (PDS) shop3 of 8
  • Weekly haat0 of 8
Primary schools
6
Middle schools
2
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Black Gram (8), Sugar Cane & Vegetables (4), Vegetables (3).

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 Nuagaon block

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