Gram panchayat · Kalyansingpur block · Rayagada

Singari gram panchayat

Singari is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 22 villages, home to 3,402 people in 746 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 22
Population (2011): 3,402
Literacy: 30.6%
Area: 32.4 km²
LGD code: 121171

Villages of Singari

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Singari	196	846	43.0%	13%	12%
Karanja	88	401	20.2%	20%	48%
Kharajoda	66	284	27.2%	98%	1%
Palakhaman	62	269	51.1%	21%	6%
Badababunaguda	48	262	35.1%	0%	98%
Sanabamunaguda	44	202	38.1%	0%	98%
Sindhipadar	33	164	30.8%	0%	100%
Kangseri	30	142	16.5%	15%	85%
Kumarbhatta	23	118	6.6%	0%	100%
Baribhatta	17	95	2.9%	0%	100%
Melakajuba	26	90	33.8%	40%	60%
Padulaguda	15	88	0.0%	0%	99%
Tidimaska	19	86	4.3%	47%	53%
Tentikiri	14	72	31.0%	0%	100%
Naringitola	22	71	9.8%	0%	66%
Bariguda	15	70	6.6%	0%	100%
Kunaraguda	13	52	19.5%	0%	100%
Pradhanipada	8	52	68.2%	0%	0%
Chatapadar	7	38	0.0%	21%	76%
Mundiguda	0	0	–	–	–
Tentulipadar	0	0	–	–	–
Tikarapada	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 Singari

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 3,402; 1,612 male · 1,790 female
Households: 746; about 4.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 30.6%; below Kalyansingpur block's villages (36.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,110; below Kalyansingpur block's villages (1,128)
Children aged 0–6: 579; 17.0% of residents
Workers: 2,009; 59.1% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 633 (18.6%)
Scheduled Tribes: 1,719 (50.5%)

What the 2,009 workers did

Cultivators291 (14.5%)
Agricultural labourers91 (4.5%)
Household industry3 (0.1%)
Other work67 (3.3%)
Marginal workers1,557 (77.5%)

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 Singari

How many of the 19 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 22 villages cover 32 km², 23% of it sown with crops and 9% forest.

Education

Primary school13 of 19
Middle school3 of 19
Secondary school0 of 19
Senior secondary school0 of 19
Degree college0 of 19

Health

Primary health centre0 of 19
Health sub-centre0 of 19
Anganwadi centre15 of 19

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 19
Hand pump18 of 19
Electricity for homes6 of 19

Roads & transport

All-weather road14 of 19
Public bus4 of 19
Mobile phone coverage14 of 19

Services

Post office or sub post office1 of 19
Commercial bank0 of 19
Ration (PDS) shop1 of 19
Weekly haat0 of 19

Primary schools: 21
Middle schools: 5
Secondary schools: 0
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 0

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (18), Ragi (16), Maize (13), Kosala (2), Alasi (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 Kalyansingpur block

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