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Sahajpur gram panchayat

Sahajpur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pipili block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 3,427 people in 734 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
3,427
Literacy
84.5%
Area
4.6 km²
LGD code
121055

Villages of Sahajpur

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Suhagapur18780088.7%22%0%
Sahajapur15077087.6%26%0%
Subudhipara14463877.1%55%0%
Raegurupur13261485.9%27%0%
Janardanpur10151782.2%47%0%
Odasamudi208879.0%95%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 Sahajpur

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,427
1,784 male · 1,643 female
Households
734
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
84.5%
below Pipili block's villages (85.7%)
Females per 1,000 males
921
below Pipili block's villages (957)
Children aged 0–6
326
9.5% of residents
Workers
1,420
41.4% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,218 (35.5%)
Scheduled Tribes
0 (0.0%)

What the 1,420 workers did

  • Cultivators188 (13.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers339 (23.9%)
  • Household industry74 (5.2%)
  • Other work377 (26.5%)
  • Marginal workers442 (31.1%)

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 Sahajpur

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 6 villages cover 5 km², 74% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.

Education

  • Primary school5 of 6
  • Middle school3 of 6
  • Secondary school2 of 6
  • Senior secondary school0 of 6
  • Degree college0 of 6

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 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 road0 of 6
  • Public bus0 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage5 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office2 of 6
  • Commercial bank0 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop0 of 6
  • Weekly haat0 of 6
Primary schools
5
Middle schools
3
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6), Coconut (6), Vegetable (4).

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 Pipili block

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