Census town · Angul district

Danara

Danara is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Angul district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 4,144 people in 806 households.

Population (2011): 4,144
Literacy: 80.4%
Area: 8.47 km²
Sub-district: Colliery
Census town code: 404088

People and work in Danara

Population: 4,144; 2,197 male · 1,947 female
Households: 806; about 5.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+): 80.4%; men 88.1% · women 71.9%below urban Angul (86.8%)
Females per 1,000 males: 886; about the same as urban Angul (889)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6): 776
People per km²: 489

Scheduled Castes: 733 (17.7%)
Scheduled Tribes: 104 (2.5%)

What the 1,252 workers did

Cultivators1 (0.1%)
Agricultural labourers7 (0.6%)
Household industry120 (9.6%)
Other work958 (76.5%)
Marginal workers166 (13.3%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).

Place and climate

Area: 8.47 km²
Population class: Class VI
Community development block: Talcher
Annual rainfall: 1,318 mm
Temperature range: 9°C to 48°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar: 168 km by road
District headquarters: Anugul, 15 km
Nearest railway station: Talcher, 15 km
Nearest city of 1 lakh+: Cuttack, 140 km
Roads: 3 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
Fire station: Nearest at Talcher, 15 km
Homes with electricity connections: 720

Schools and colleges

Primary schools: 3 (2 government, 1 private)
Middle schools: 2 (2 government, 0 private)
Secondary schools: 1 (1 government, 0 private)

Health

Medicine shops: 2

Banks, culture and products

Nationalised banks: 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.

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