Notified Area Council · Balangir district
Titlagarh
Titlagarh is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Balangir district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 31,258 people in 7,358 households, up 12.0% from 27,904 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 31,258
- Literacy
- 82.1%
- Area
- 15.34 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 17
- Sub-district
- Titlagarh
- LGD body code
- 250553
People and work in Titlagarh
- Population
- 31,258
- 15,988 male · 15,270 female
- Households
- 7,358
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.1%
- men 88.8% · women 75.2%below urban Balangir (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 955
- about the same as urban Balangir (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 862
- People per km²
- 2,038
- Scheduled Castes
- 5,020 (16.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,253 (4.0%)
What the 10,122 workers did
- Cultivators153 (1.5%)
- Agricultural labourers121 (1.2%)
- Household industry301 (3.0%)
- Other work8,390 (82.9%)
- Marginal workers1,157 (11.4%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Including its outgrowths — built-up areas next to the town that the census counts with it — Titlagarh had 34,067 people in 2011.
Population since 1941
Census counts for each decade in which Titlagarh was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 15.34 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Titlagarh
- Annual rainfall
- 1,145.8 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 46.5°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 400 km by road
- District headquarters
- Balangir, 70 km
- Nearest railway station
- Titlagarh (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 200 km
- Roads
- 100 km pucca, 30.87 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 4,050
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 21 (16 government, 5 private)
- Middle schools
- 12 (7 government, 5 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
- Polytechnics
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 84 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 24
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 5
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 2
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Bread, Stone Polishing, Steel Almirah
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: Titlagarh sub-district · People of Balangir district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Titlagarh as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.