Sahala
Kukudakhandi block · Ganjam
district, Odisha · PIN 761008
· village code 412640
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,131 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,248 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,131
Male / female
1,097 / 1,034
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
226
Literacy rate
36.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
807 / 3
Working population
843
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
42.6%
Households
457
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
78
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
72
Non-farm households
140
Share of households farming, 2020
34%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 32 / 22
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sihala panchayat, Kukudakhandi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹56.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.64 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.51 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹8.94 lakh · left ₹22.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.58 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹11.17 lakh · left ₹33.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.2613, 84.7054 —
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Biggest
population changes in Ganjam district ·
School
staffing across Ganjam ·
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