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Gram panchayat · Kanas block · Puri

Sahupada gram panchayat

Sahupada is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kanas block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 11 villages, home to 6,973 people in 1,415 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Satyabadi assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
11
Population (2011)
6,973
Literacy
85.9%
Area
11.4 km²
LGD code
120988

Villages of Sahupada

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Sahupada2581,31189.1%0%0%
Anjira2451,18887.0%8%0%
Balipada2501,16882.9%5%0%
Bedhatandula13467479.2%0%0%
Maitratrilochanpur12449982.2%7%0%
Baghamunda9547490.9%0%0%
Olhan7944983.5%28%1%
Tainlo7943389.4%1%1%
Jaliapada6537789.9%0%0%
Siriapada5328189.5%8%0%
Tanamana3311977.5%0%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 Sahupada

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
6,973
3,548 male · 3,425 female
Households
1,415
about 4.9 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
85.9%
about the same as Kanas block's villages (85.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
965
below Kanas block's villages (975)
Children aged 0–6
732
10.5% of residents
Workers
1,923
27.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
332 (4.8%)
Scheduled Tribes
13 (0.2%)

What the 1,923 workers did

  • Cultivators545 (28.3%)
  • Agricultural labourers370 (19.2%)
  • Household industry52 (2.7%)
  • Other work390 (20.3%)
  • Marginal workers566 (29.4%)

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 Sahupada

How many of the 11 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 11 villages cover 11 km², 71% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school10 of 11
  • Middle school4 of 11
  • Secondary school2 of 11
  • Senior secondary school0 of 11
  • Degree college0 of 11

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 11
  • Health sub-centre1 of 11
  • Anganwadi centre9 of 11

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 11
  • Hand pump11 of 11
  • Electricity for homes11 of 11

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road11 of 11
  • Public bus0 of 11
  • Mobile phone coverage11 of 11

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 11
  • Commercial bank0 of 11
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 11
  • Weekly haat0 of 11
Primary schools
10
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
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 Kanas block

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