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Gram panchayat · Odagaon block · Nayagarh

Sarankul gram panchayat

Sarankul is a gram panchayat (village council) in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 9 villages, home to 6,623 people in 1,621 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
9
Population (2011)
6,623
Literacy
83.7%
Area
11 km²
LGD code
120729

Villages of Sarankul

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sarankul9203,85187.6%8%0%
Katrajhari3021,16272.7%15%0%
Baunsiaraghunathpur16665668.3%37%0%
Bhikaripada14957794.3%0%0%
Gunjabaran4419686.0%15%0%
Baradihi4018187.6%7%0%
Bhandar00–––
Tangoi–––––
Tangoi–––––

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 Sarankul

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,623
3,419 male · 3,204 female
Households
1,621
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.7%
above Odagaon block's villages (78.9%)
Females per 1,000 males
937
above Odagaon block's villages (904)
Children aged 0–6
657
9.9% of residents
Workers
1,936
29.2% of residents
Scheduled Castes
773 (11.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
3 (0.0%)

What the 1,936 workers did

  • Cultivators225 (11.6%)
  • Agricultural labourers136 (7.0%)
  • Household industry80 (4.1%)
  • Other work812 (41.9%)
  • Marginal workers683 (35.3%)

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 Sarankul

How many of the 6 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 7 villages cover 11 km², 54% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

  • Primary school6 of 6
  • Middle school4 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school1 of 6
  • Degree college1 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre1 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre5 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump6 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road5 of 6
  • Public bus2 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
8
Middle schools
5
Secondary schools
4
Degree colleges
1
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Black Gram (6), Vegetables (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 Odagaon block

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