Census town · Angul district
Jorada (Bada)
Jorada (Bada) 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 4,428 people in 973 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,428
- Literacy
- 85.6%
- Area
- 6.75 km²
- Sub-district
- Bikrampur
- Census town code
- 404105
People and work in Jorada (Bada)
- Population
- 4,428
- 2,423 male · 2,005 female
- Households
- 973
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.6%
- men 92.7% · women 77.1%below urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 827
- below urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 775
- People per km²
- 656
- Scheduled Castes
- 945 (21.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 313 (7.1%)
What the 1,462 workers did
- Cultivators30 (2.1%)
- Agricultural labourers22 (1.5%)
- Household industry28 (1.9%)
- Other work1,008 (68.9%)
- Marginal workers374 (25.6%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 6.75 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- 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, 15 km
- Nearest railway station
- Cuttack, 125 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Talcher, 15 km
- Roads
- 10 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Talcher, 15 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,255
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
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
- Ghantapada
- Athmallik
- Gotamara
- Kandasar (Part)
- Rengali Damproject Township
- Budhapanka
- Nuahata
- Palalahada
- Kulad (Part)
- Danara
- T.T.P.S. Township
- Tipo
- F.C.I. Township
See also: Bikrampur sub-district · People of Angul district
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