Census town · Balangir district
Bangomunda
Bangomunda 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 Balangir district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 5,759 people in 1,387 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,759
- Literacy
- 68.9%
- Area
- 11.02 km²
- Sub-district
- Bangomunda
- Census town code
- 421343
People and work in Bangomunda
- Population
- 5,759
- 2,802 male · 2,957 female
- Households
- 1,387
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 68.9%
- men 77.6% · women 60.7%below urban Balangir (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,055
- above urban Balangir (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 967
- People per km²
- 523
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,318 (22.9%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 481 (8.4%)
What the 2,015 workers did
- Cultivators48 (2.4%)
- Agricultural labourers26 (1.3%)
- Household industry32 (1.6%)
- Other work828 (41.1%)
- Marginal workers1,081 (53.6%)
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
- 11.02 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Bangomunda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,475.8 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 40.5°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 348 km by road
- District headquarters
- Balangir, 110 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kantabanji, 15 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 120 km
- Roads
- 3 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Kantabanji, 16 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 302
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 2
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised 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 Balangir
See also: Bangomunda sub-district · People of Balangir district
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