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Census town · Angul district

Kandasar (Part)

Kandasar (Part) 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 6,668 people in 1,479 households.

Population (2011)
6,668
Literacy
88.9%
Area
6.54 km²
Sub-district
Nalco
Census town code
404119

People and work in Kandasar (Part)

Population
6,668
3,534 male · 3,134 female
Households
1,479
about 4.5 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
88.9%
men 94.2% · women 82.9%above urban Angul (86.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
887
about the same as urban Angul (889)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
850
People per km²
1,020
Scheduled Castes
747 (11.2%)
Scheduled Tribes
33 (0.5%)

What the 2,699 workers did

  • Cultivators86 (3.2%)
  • Agricultural labourers42 (1.6%)
  • Household industry134 (5.0%)
  • Other work1,570 (58.2%)
  • Marginal workers867 (32.1%)

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
6.54 km²
Population class
Class V
Community development block
Banarpal
Annual rainfall
1,318.4 mm
Temperature range
10°C to 41°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar
160 km by road
District headquarters
Anugul, 7 km
Nearest railway station
Angul, 7 km
Nearest city of 1 lakh+
Cuttack, 130 km
Roads
3 km pucca, 5 km kutcha
Fire station
Nearest at Angul, 7 km
Homes with electricity connections
1,000

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

Medicine shops
5

Banks, culture and products

Nationalised banks
3

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

See also: Nalco sub-district · People of Angul district

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