Gram panchayat · Odagaon block · Nayagarh
Sikharpur gram panchayat
Sikharpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district, Odisha, covering 2 villages, home to 5,216 people in 1,215 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Ranpur assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 2
- Population (2011)
- 5,216
- Literacy
- 73.6%
- Area
- 7.1 km²
- LGD code
- 120730
Villages of Sikharpur
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 Sikharpur
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 5,216
- 2,833 male · 2,383 female
- Households
- 1,215
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 73.6%
- below Odagaon block's villages (78.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 841
- below Odagaon block's villages (904)
- Children aged 0–6
- 473
- 9.1% of residents
- Workers
- 1,642
- 31.5% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 196 (3.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,642 workers did
- Cultivators424 (25.8%)
- Agricultural labourers198 (12.1%)
- Household industry19 (1.2%)
- Other work150 (9.1%)
- Marginal workers851 (51.8%)
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 Sikharpur
How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 2 villages cover 7 km², 50% of it sown with crops and 11% forest.
Education
- Primary school1 of 1
- Middle school1 of 1
- Secondary school1 of 1
- Senior secondary school0 of 1
- Degree college0 of 1
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 1
- Health sub-centre1 of 1
- Anganwadi centre1 of 1
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 1
- Hand pump1 of 1
- Electricity for homes1 of 1
Roads & transport
- All-weather road1 of 1
- Public bus1 of 1
- Mobile phone coverage1 of 1
Services
- Post office or sub post office0 of 1
- Commercial bank0 of 1
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
- Weekly haat1 of 1
- Primary schools
- 4
- Middle schools
- 1
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1), Black Gram (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
- Angisingi
- Arada
- Badagodada
- Banthapur
- Barasahi
- Bhadikila
- Bhaliadihi
- Dimisira
- Giridipalli
- Godipada
- Godipalli
- Golagaon
- Gotisahi
- Goudaput
- Haridabandha
- Hariharpur
- Kajalaipalli
- Komanda
- Korapitha
- Kurala
- Magarabandha
- Nandighora
- P.manapur
- Panchumu
- Panderipada
- Pantikhari
- Rabera
- Rabigadia
- Ranganipatna
- Rohibanka
- Sakeri
- Saradhapur
- Sarankul
- Solapata
- Sunamuhin
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