Samara
Saintala block · Balangir
district, Odisha · PIN 767032
· village code 421076
Population 2011
1,213
Census of India
Population 2020
1,313
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.2%
100 people · 0.9% a year
Households
380
+15.8% vs 328 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,213
Male / female
620 / 593
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
151
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
405 / 129
Working population
405
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.4%
Households
328
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
40
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
150
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 140 / 65
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kermeli panchayat, Saintala 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
₹7.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹20,065
Spent
₹15.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6,828 · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹3.59 lakh · left ₹3.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.72 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹11.55 lakh · left ₹5.95 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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