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Gram panchayat · Komna block · Nuapada

Samarsing gram panchayat

Samarsing is a gram panchayat (village council) in Komna block of Nuapada district, Odisha, covering 4 villages, home to 3,196 people in 779 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Nuapadaନୂଆପଡ଼ା assembly constituency and the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
4
Population (2011)
3,196
Literacy
55.7%
Area
17.2 km²
LGD code
120818

Villages of Samarsing

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Samarsing2711,08455.8%6%36%
Tenganabasa2461,05459.4%9%36%
Bhurukadhoda18675555.0%13%87%
Khajurbahal7630344.2%0%74%

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 Samarsing

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,196
1,589 male · 1,607 female
Households
779
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
55.7%
about the same as Komna block's villages (54.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,011
below Komna block's villages (1,030)
Children aged 0–6
482
15.1% of residents
Workers
1,601
50.1% of residents
Scheduled Castes
255 (8.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
1,647 (51.5%)

What the 1,601 workers did

  • Cultivators213 (13.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers124 (7.7%)
  • Household industry10 (0.6%)
  • Other work107 (6.7%)
  • Marginal workers1,147 (71.6%)

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 Samarsing

How many of the 4 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 4 villages cover 17 km², 44% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school4 of 4
  • Middle school3 of 4
  • Secondary school0 of 4
  • Senior secondary school0 of 4
  • Degree college0 of 4

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 4
  • Health sub-centre1 of 4
  • Anganwadi centre4 of 4

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 4
  • Hand pump3 of 4
  • Electricity for homes2 of 4

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road4 of 4
  • Public bus0 of 4
  • Mobile phone coverage4 of 4

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 4
  • Commercial bank0 of 4
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 4
  • Weekly haat0 of 4
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (4), Pulses (1), Mung,Ragi (1), Gurji (1), Biri (1), Ground Nuts (1), Green 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 Komna block

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