Notified Area Council · Balangir district
Patnagarh
Patnagarh is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Balangir district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 21,024 people in 5,035 households, up 12.5% from 18,694 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 21,024
- Literacy
- 79.7%
- Area
- 18.26 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 15
- Sub-district
- Patnagarh
- LGD body code
- 250554
People and work in Patnagarh
- Population
- 21,024
- 10,694 male · 10,330 female
- Households
- 5,035
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.7%
- men 86.9% · women 72.3%below urban Balangir (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 966
- above urban Balangir (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 930
- People per km²
- 1,151
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,857 (13.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,354 (11.2%)
What the 7,154 workers did
- Cultivators399 (5.6%)
- Agricultural labourers695 (9.7%)
- Household industry282 (3.9%)
- Other work5,251 (73.4%)
- Marginal workers527 (7.4%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1951
Census counts for each decade in which Patnagarh was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 18.26 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Patnagarh
- Annual rainfall
- 1,478 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 365 km by road
- District headquarters
- Balangir, 40 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bolangir, 40 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 120 km
- Roads
- 50 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,471
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 17 (14 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (3 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 5 (3 government, 2 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 26 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 22
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative 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 Balangir
See also: Patnagarh sub-district · People of Balangir district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Patnagarh as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.