Census town · Angul district
Dera Colliery Township
Dera Colliery Township 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 15,787 people in 3,716 households, down 15.1% from 18,592 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 15,787
- Literacy
- 89.7%
- Area
- 7.81 km²
- Sub-district
- Colliery
- Census town code
- 404089
People and work in Dera Colliery Township
- Population
- 15,787
- 8,352 male · 7,435 female
- Households
- 3,716
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 89.7%
- men 93.7% · women 85.2%above urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 890
- about the same as urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 787
- People per km²
- 2,021
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,636 (16.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 787 (5.0%)
What the 4,791 workers did
- Cultivators5 (0.1%)
- Agricultural labourers40 (0.8%)
- Household industry130 (2.7%)
- Other work4,349 (90.8%)
- Marginal workers267 (5.6%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Dera Colliery Township was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 7.81 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Talcher
- Annual rainfall
- 1,318.38 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 47°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 150 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 25 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talcher, 6 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 150 km
- Roads
- 50 km pucca, 30 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,800
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 8 (5 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (4 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 155 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 3
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 12
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Co-operative banks
- 3
- Public libraries
- 4
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 5
- Stadiums
- 2
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.
Other towns in Angul
- Anugul
- Talcher
- Nalco
- Ghantapada
- Athmallik
- Gotamara
- Kandasar (Part)
- Rengali Damproject Township
- Budhapanka
- Nuahata
- Palalahada
- Jorada (Bada)
- Kulad (Part)
- Danara
- T.T.P.S. Township
- Tipo
- F.C.I. Township
See also: Colliery sub-district · People of Angul district
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