Census town · Balangir district
Tushura
Tushura 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 4,823 people in 1,200 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,823
- Literacy
- 85.5%
- Area
- 4.06 km²
- Sub-district
- Tushura
- Census town code
- 420513
People and work in Tushura
- Population
- 4,823
- 2,475 male · 2,348 female
- Households
- 1,200
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.5%
- men 92.1% · women 78.6%above urban Balangir (83.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 949
- about the same as urban Balangir (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 923
- People per km²
- 1,188
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,238 (25.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 456 (9.5%)
What the 1,507 workers did
- Cultivators28 (1.9%)
- Agricultural labourers29 (1.9%)
- Household industry71 (4.7%)
- Other work734 (48.7%)
- Marginal workers645 (42.8%)
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
- 4.06 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Gudvella
- Annual rainfall
- 1,620 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 400 km by road
- District headquarters
- Balangir, 10 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bolangir, 10 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 50 km
- Roads
- 1 km pucca, 20 km kutcha
- 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
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- 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: Tushura sub-district · People of Balangir district
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