Gram panchayat · Pipili block · Puri
Saraswatipur gram panchayat
Saraswatipur is a gram panchayat (village council) in Pipili block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 8 villages, home to 4,844 people in 1,085 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Pipili assembly constituency and the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 8
- Population (2011)
- 4,844
- Literacy
- 85.2%
- Area
- 5.8 km²
- LGD code
- 121056
Villages of Saraswatipur
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saraswatipur | 339 | 1,592 | 86.5% | 17% | 0% |
| Kothasahi | 242 | 1,122 | 85.0% | 13% | 0% |
| Dakhinasahichak | 148 | 626 | 86.3% | 23% | 0% |
| Dakhinasahi | 96 | 428 | 77.6% | 48% | 0% |
| Banamalipur | 94 | 346 | 89.0% | 8% | 0% |
| Sanagan | 74 | 329 | 70.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Balarampurpaikanasahi | 48 | 209 | 96.9% | 8% | 0% |
| Tarajanga | 44 | 192 | 93.3% | 33% | 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 Saraswatipur
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,844
- 2,461 male · 2,383 female
- Households
- 1,085
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.2%
- about the same as Pipili block's villages (85.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 968
- above Pipili block's villages (957)
- Children aged 0–6
- 413
- 8.5% of residents
- Workers
- 1,827
- 37.7% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 879 (18.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,827 workers did
- Cultivators777 (42.5%)
- Agricultural labourers229 (12.5%)
- Household industry19 (1.0%)
- Other work352 (19.3%)
- Marginal workers450 (24.6%)
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 Saraswatipur
How many of the 8 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 8 villages cover 6 km², 82% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school6 of 8
- Middle school3 of 8
- Secondary school3 of 8
- Senior secondary school0 of 8
- Degree college0 of 8
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 8
- Health sub-centre1 of 8
- Anganwadi centre7 of 8
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 8
- Hand pump8 of 8
- Electricity for homes8 of 8
Roads & transport
- All-weather road4 of 8
- Public bus0 of 8
- Mobile phone coverage8 of 8
Services
- Post office or sub post office2 of 8
- Commercial bank0 of 8
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 8
- Weekly haat0 of 8
- Primary schools
- 7
- Middle schools
- 3
- Secondary schools
- 3
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (8), Coconut (7), Vegetable (7).
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
- Bharatipur
- Birapurusotampur
- Chandradeipur
- Dhandamakundapur
- Durgadaspur
- Gobindapur
- Hatasahi
- Jagannathpur
- Jasuapur
- Kanti
- Kulasekharapatana
- Laxminarayanpur
- Mangalpur
- Nuasasan
- Orkal
- Pamasara
- Panidol
- Poporanga
- Pubasasan
- Rathapurusottampur
- Rulpadeipur
- Sahajpur
- Sampur
- Teisipur
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