Census town · Angul district
Palalahada
Palalahada 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 5,749 people in 1,384 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,749
- Literacy
- 86.1%
- Area
- 8.22 km²
- Sub-district
- Palalahada
- Census town code
- 403538
People and work in Palalahada
- Population
- 5,749
- 2,992 male · 2,757 female
- Households
- 1,384
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.1%
- men 91.9% · women 79.8%about the same as urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 921
- above urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 878
- People per km²
- 699
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,290 (22.4%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 270 (4.7%)
What the 1,969 workers did
- Cultivators31 (1.6%)
- Agricultural labourers27 (1.4%)
- Household industry73 (3.7%)
- Other work1,200 (60.9%)
- Marginal workers638 (32.4%)
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
- 8.22 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Palalahada
- Annual rainfall
- 1,515 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 240 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 100 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talcher, 70 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 210 km
- Roads
- 9.7 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 810
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 6 (3 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 70 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 9
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 5
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Public libraries
- 1
- Reading rooms
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Corn Flake
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
- Jorada (Bada)
- Kulad (Part)
- Danara
- T.T.P.S. Township
- Tipo
- F.C.I. Township
See also: Palalahada sub-district · People of Angul district
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