# Sarasada Village, Bhandari Pokhari, Bhadrak (Odisha)

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Village · Bhandari Pokhari, Bhadrak 

# Sarasada

Sarasada is a village in Bhandari Pokhari sub-district of Bhadrak district, Odisha, PIN code **756120**. The 2011 Census counted **2,382 people in 516 households**, the 6th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 2,382people (2011)
- 516households
- 85.7%literacy
- 756120PIN code

## Sarasada PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sarasada is 756120.** Sarasada falls in Bhandari Pokhari sub-district, Bhadrak district, Odisha.

- PIN code756120
- Gram panchayatSarsada
- Community development blockBhandaripokhari
- Census village code394547

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sarasada from nearby towns?

- Bhandari Pokhari (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Bhadrak (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bhadrak (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sarasada?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Sarasada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhandari Pokhari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhadrak
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Bhandari Pokhari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sarasada known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 302 hectares of village land is sown, and 233 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sarasada

Of every 100 households in Sarasada in 2011, 88 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sarasada · ■ Bhandari Pokhari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**42%

Television ****47%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sarasada?

■ Sarasada · ■ Bhandari Pokhari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**930

Working population ****32.2%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 78.4% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 264 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (21%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 244 (32%) · **■** Marginal 91 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhandari Pokhari

- Korigan2,816 people
- Nami2,519 people
- Naguan2,499 people
- Uttarbad2,423 people
- Bhandari Pokhari2,279 people
- Rahanian2,017 people
- Jagannathprasad1,989 people
- Balipokhari1,963 people

[All 147 villages in Bhandari Pokhari](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/bhadrak/bhandari-pokhari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sarasada?756120
- How far is Sarasada from Bhadrak?20 km by road
- What is the population of Sarasada?2,382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarasada in?Bhadrak district (Bhandari Pokhari sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Sarasada?85.7% (Census 2011)
