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Gram panchayat · Sadar block · Puri

Samanga gram panchayat

Samanga is a gram panchayat (village council) in Sadar block of Puri district, Odisha, covering 6 villages, home to 9,852 people in 2,033 households at the 2011 census.

Villages
6
Population (2011)
9,852
Literacy
83.6%
Area
13.5 km²
LGD code
121081

Villages of Samanga

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Samanga1,3956,80684.2%8%0%
Kharipada20495784.6%13%0%
Rebatiraman19089273.3%69%0%
Kasijagannathpur14575985.8%21%0%
Sankarpur8134492.1%13%0%
Sunamuhin189477.3%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 Samanga

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
9,852
5,072 male · 4,780 female
Households
2,033
about 4.8 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
83.6%
above Sadar block's villages (82.1%)
Females per 1,000 males
942
below Sadar block's villages (964)
Children aged 0–6
1,007
10.2% of residents
Workers
3,425
34.8% of residents
Scheduled Castes
1,512 (15.3%)
Scheduled Tribes
4 (0.0%)

What the 3,425 workers did

  • Cultivators280 (8.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers522 (15.2%)
  • Household industry268 (7.8%)
  • Other work1,920 (56.1%)
  • Marginal workers435 (12.7%)

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 Samanga

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 13 km², 38% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

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

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 6
  • Health sub-centre0 of 6
  • Anganwadi centre6 of 6

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 6
  • Hand pump5 of 6
  • Electricity for homes6 of 6

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road2 of 6
  • Public bus4 of 6
  • Mobile phone coverage6 of 6

Services

  • Post office or sub post office1 of 6
  • Commercial bank1 of 6
  • Ration (PDS) shop5 of 6
  • Weekly haat1 of 6
Primary schools
7
Middle schools
4
Secondary schools
0
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (6).

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

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