Gram panchayat · Sadar block · Puri
Garhmurgasira gram panchayat
Garhmurgasira is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sadar block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 4,689 people in 985 households at the 2011 census.
- Villages
- 6
- Population (2011)
- 4,689
- Literacy
- 80.0%
- Area
- 11.7 km²
- LGD code
- 121069
Villages of Garhmurgasira
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundar | 291 | 1,397 | 75.7% | 32% | 0% |
| Patajosipur | 199 | 982 | 82.4% | 13% | 0% |
| Alapur | 201 | 896 | 82.5% | 63% | 0% |
| Gadamrugasira | 141 | 708 | 91.1% | 12% | 0% |
| Bagha | 105 | 439 | 68.7% | 60% | 0% |
| Alaba | 48 | 267 | 73.7% | 76% | 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 Garhmurgasira
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,689
- 2,365 male · 2,324 female
- Households
- 985
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 80.0%
- below Sadar block's villages (82.1%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 983
- above Sadar block's villages (964)
- Children aged 0–6
- 504
- 10.7% of residents
- Workers
- 1,971
- 42.0% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,690 (36.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1 (0.0%)
What the 1,971 workers did
- Cultivators503 (25.5%)
- Agricultural labourers193 (9.8%)
- Household industry19 (1.0%)
- Other work244 (12.4%)
- Marginal workers1,012 (51.3%)
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 Garhmurgasira
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 12 km², 58% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school6 of 6
- Middle school2 of 6
- Secondary school1 of 6
- Senior secondary school0 of 6
- Degree college0 of 6
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 6
- Health sub-centre1 of 6
- Anganwadi centre6 of 6
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 6
- Hand pump6 of 6
- Electricity for homes6 of 6
Roads & transport
- All-weather road6 of 6
- Public bus0 of 6
- Mobile phone coverage6 of 6
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 6
- Commercial bank0 of 6
- Ration (PDS) shop5 of 6
- Weekly haat1 of 6
- Primary schools
- 6
- Middle schools
- 2
- Secondary schools
- 1
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (5).
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 Sadar block
- Baligualli
- Balipada
- Baliput
- Basudevpur
- Beladal
- Bhailipur
- Bijayramachandrapur
- Birabalabhadrapur
- Biranasinghpur
- Birapratappur
- Chalisibatia
- Chandanpur
- Ganganarayanpur
- Gopinathpur
- Goudakera
- Hantuka
- Harekrushnapur
- Jamarsuan
- Kanheibidyadharpur
- Kasiharipur
- Korandipur
- Malatipatpur
- Pratappurosottampur
- Pratapramachandrapur
- Raigorada
- Samanga
- Samangara
- Sasan Damodarpur
- Talajanga
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