Census town · Angul district
Nalco
Nalco 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 19,644 people in 5,104 households, up 8.9% from 18,045 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 19,644
- Literacy
- 88.5%
- Area
- 1.15 km²
- Sub-district
- Nalco
- Census town code
- 404118
People and work in Nalco
- Population
- 19,644
- 10,124 male · 9,520 female
- Households
- 5,104
- about 3.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 88.5%
- men 94.0% · women 82.7%above urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 940
- above urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 862
- People per km²
- 17,082
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,125 (10.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 8,016 (40.8%)
What the 7,248 workers did
- Cultivators6 (0.1%)
- Agricultural labourers48 (0.7%)
- Household industry504 (7.0%)
- Other work6,459 (89.1%)
- Marginal workers231 (3.2%)
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 Nalco was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1.15 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Banarpal
- Annual rainfall
- 1,318.4 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 150 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 9 km
- Nearest railway station
- Angul, 13 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 121 km
- Roads
- 40 km pucca, 15 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 3,595
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (1 government, 2 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (0 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (0 government, 2 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 54 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Public libraries
- 4
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 4
- Stadiums
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Aluminium
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
- Dera Colliery Township
- 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: Nalco sub-district · People of Angul district
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