Census town · Angul district
Gotamara
Gotamara 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 7,420 people in 1,627 households.
- Population (2011)
- 7,420
- Literacy
- 83.9%
- Area
- 11.01 km²
- Sub-district
- Banarpal
- Census town code
- 404193
People and work in Gotamara
- Population
- 7,420
- 3,894 male · 3,526 female
- Households
- 1,627
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.9%
- men 91.4% · women 75.6%below urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 905
- above urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 845
- People per km²
- 674
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,098 (28.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 244 (3.3%)
What the 2,290 workers did
- Cultivators74 (3.2%)
- Agricultural labourers56 (2.4%)
- Household industry104 (4.5%)
- Other work1,743 (76.1%)
- Marginal workers313 (13.7%)
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
- 11.01 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Banarpal
- Annual rainfall
- 1,225.3 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 46°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 140 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 14 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talcher Road, 7 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 110 km
- Roads
- 7 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Angul, 14 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 458
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 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
- Dera Colliery Township
- Ghantapada
- Athmallik
- 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: Banarpal sub-district · People of Angul district
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