Census town · Angul district
Ghantapada
Ghantapada 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 15,169 people in 3,564 households, down 2.7% from 15,593 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 15,169
- Literacy
- 83.8%
- Area
- 9.58 km²
- Sub-district
- Colliery
- Census town code
- 404090
People and work in Ghantapada
- Population
- 15,169
- 8,079 male · 7,090 female
- Households
- 3,564
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.8%
- men 89.0% · women 77.9%below urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 878
- below urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 832
- People per km²
- 1,583
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,044 (13.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,723 (11.4%)
What the 5,132 workers did
- Cultivators72 (1.4%)
- Agricultural labourers110 (2.1%)
- Household industry146 (2.8%)
- Other work3,085 (60.1%)
- Marginal workers1,719 (33.5%)
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 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Ghantapada was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 9.58 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Talcher
- Annual rainfall
- 1,318.38 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 47°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 150 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 22 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talcher, 3 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Talcher, 3 km
- Roads
- 7 km pucca, 24 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Talcher, 3 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,000
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (5 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 5
Banks, culture and products
- Co-operative 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.
Other towns in Angul
- Anugul
- Talcher
- Nalco
- Dera Colliery Township
- 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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