Census town · Balangir district
Loisinga
Loisinga 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 6,220 people in 1,555 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,220
- Literacy
- 80.8%
- Area
- 6.16 km²
- Sub-district
- Loisinga
- Census town code
- 419976
People and work in Loisinga
- Population
- 6,220
- 3,098 male · 3,122 female
- Households
- 1,555
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 80.8%
- men 89.0% · women 72.7%below urban Balangir (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,008
- above urban Balangir (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 991
- People per km²
- 1,010
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,136 (18.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,258 (20.2%)
What the 2,022 workers did
- Cultivators117 (5.8%)
- Agricultural labourers74 (3.7%)
- Household industry79 (3.9%)
- Other work1,039 (51.4%)
- Marginal workers713 (35.3%)
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
- 6.16 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Loisinga
- Annual rainfall
- 1,640.8 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 45.4°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 351 km by road
- District headquarters
- Balangir, 20 km
- Nearest railway station
- Loisinga (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 110 km
- Roads
- 1 km pucca, 20 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Balangir, 20 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 496
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (4 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 4 beds
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 2
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative 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: Loisinga sub-district · People of Balangir district
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