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Gram panchayat · Delanga block · Puri

Sauria gram panchayat

Sauria is a gram panchayat (village council) in Delanga block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 5,309 people in 1,202 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
5,309
Literacy
84.1%
Area
8.5 km²
LGD code
120922

Villages of Sauria

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sauria9544,18583.8%10%0%
Gangapur-patna21298583.7%14%0%
Gangapur3613994.2%19%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 Sauria

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
5,309
2,706 male · 2,603 female
Households
1,202
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.1%
below Delanga block's villages (86.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
962
below Delanga block's villages (980)
Children aged 0–6
564
10.6% of residents
Workers
1,751
33.0% of residents
Scheduled Castes
559 (10.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,751 workers did

  • Cultivators636 (36.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers137 (7.8%)
  • Household industry118 (6.7%)
  • Other work452 (25.8%)
  • Marginal workers408 (23.3%)

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 Sauria

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 9 km², 65% of it sown with crops and 6% forest.

Education

  • Primary school2 of 3
  • Middle school2 of 3
  • Secondary school2 of 3
  • Senior secondary school0 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre2 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump3 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 3
  • Public bus0 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage3 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop2 of 3
  • Weekly haat1 of 3
Primary schools
9
Middle schools
6
Secondary schools
3
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (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 Delanga block

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