Gram panchayat · Kalyansingpur block · Rayagada

Sunakhandi gram panchayat

Sunakhandi is a gram panchayat (village council) in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district, Odisha, covering 24 villages, home to 5,552 people in 1,391 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bissam Cuttack assembly constituency and the Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages: 24
Population (2011): 5,552
Literacy: 42.8%
Area: 31.4 km²
LGD code: 121172

Villages of Sunakhandi

Village	Households	Population	Literacy	SC	ST
Sunakhandi	208	843	48.2%	15%	38%
Jagannathpur	158	559	59.8%	3%	38%
Aljingguda	120	467	39.7%	19%	34%
Poligam	120	463	61.0%	16%	5%
Maneiguda	79	346	51.0%	6%	87%
Khajuriguda	76	298	41.4%	0%	100%
Badalitipali	65	283	42.0%	24%	75%
Pradhaniguda	78	281	47.9%	58%	0%
Laxmipur	67	227	35.9%	11%	15%
Sarati	45	210	26.6%	0%	99%
Railima	41	195	23.4%	7%	92%
Bamanaguda	47	183	30.8%	0%	63%
Sanalitipali	43	182	43.4%	0%	78%
Sanaghodaghati	36	163	58.1%	0%	100%
Bariapada	37	162	6.6%	5%	92%
Partibeda	35	147	31.2%	20%	80%
Keradapadar	30	127	16.8%	7%	90%
Kusumaghati	26	117	40.8%	0%	100%
Majhibandali	31	111	27.8%	34%	64%
Musudi	26	104	5.6%	0%	100%
Tavaput	23	84	32.3%	0%	100%
Norora (Nauara)	0	0	–	–	–
Pindapalipadar	0	0	–	–	–
Punjamahal	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 Sunakhandi

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population: 5,552; 2,661 male · 2,891 female
Households: 1,391; about 4.0 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 42.8%; above Kalyansingpur block's villages (36.0%)
Females per 1,000 males: 1,086; below Kalyansingpur block's villages (1,128)
Children aged 0–6: 880; 15.9% of residents
Workers: 3,152; 56.8% of residents

Scheduled Castes: 684 (12.3%)
Scheduled Tribes: 3,130 (56.4%)

What the 3,152 workers did

Cultivators496 (15.7%)
Agricultural labourers532 (16.9%)
Household industry36 (1.1%)
Other work192 (6.1%)
Marginal workers1,896 (60.2%)

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 Sunakhandi

How many of the 21 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 24 villages cover 31 km², 18% of it sown with crops and 1% forest.

Education

Primary school16 of 21
Middle school1 of 21
Secondary school1 of 21
Senior secondary school0 of 21
Degree college0 of 21

Health

Primary health centre0 of 21
Health sub-centre2 of 21
Anganwadi centre18 of 21

Water & power

Treated tap water0 of 21
Hand pump20 of 21
Electricity for homes6 of 21

Roads & transport

All-weather road10 of 21
Public bus5 of 21
Mobile phone coverage13 of 21

Services

Post office or sub post office2 of 21
Commercial bank0 of 21
Ration (PDS) shop0 of 21
Weekly haat0 of 21

Primary schools: 16
Middle schools: 1
Secondary schools: 1
Degree colleges: 0
Primary health centres: 0
Health sub-centres: 2

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (13), Ragi (10), Kosala (7), Maize (6), Ragi,Kosala (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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