Census town · Angul district
Rengali Damproject Township
Rengali Damproject Township 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 6,345 people in 1,487 households, down 21.8% from 8,115 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,345
- Literacy
- 87.2%
- Area
- 6.25 km²
- Sub-district
- Rengali Damsite
- Census town code
- 403727
People and work in Rengali Damproject Township
- Population
- 6,345
- 3,342 male · 3,003 female
- Households
- 1,487
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 87.2%
- men 91.3% · women 82.6%about the same as urban Angul (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 899
- above urban Angul (889)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 914
- People per km²
- 1,015
- Scheduled Castes
- 856 (13.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 630 (9.9%)
What the 2,172 workers did
- Cultivators32 (1.5%)
- Agricultural labourers17 (0.8%)
- Household industry150 (6.9%)
- Other work1,431 (65.9%)
- Marginal workers542 (25.0%)
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 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Rengali Damproject Township was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 6.25 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Kaniha
- Annual rainfall
- 1,554 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 40°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 231 km by road
- District headquarters
- Anugul, 90 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talcher, 55 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 205 km
- Roads
- 14 km pucca, 20 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Kaniha, 27 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,000
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (0 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 4 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 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
- Gotamara
- Kandasar (Part)
- Budhapanka
- Nuahata
- Palalahada
- Jorada (Bada)
- Kulad (Part)
- Danara
- T.T.P.S. Township
- Tipo
- F.C.I. Township
See also: Rengali Damsite sub-district · People of Angul district
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