Notified Area Council · Balasore district
Remuna
Remuna is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Balasore district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 33,378 people in 7,646 households, up 14.8% from 29,072 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 33,378
- Literacy
- 78.4%
- Area
- 30.5 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 32
- Sub-district
- Remuna
- Census town code
- 801830
People and work in Remuna
- Population
- 33,378
- 17,052 male · 16,326 female
- Households
- 7,646
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 78.4%
- men 84.2% · women 72.5%below urban Balasore (84.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 957
- about the same as urban Balasore (959)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 966
- People per km²
- 1,094
- Scheduled Castes
- 5,674 (17.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3,636 (10.9%)
What the 11,274 workers did
- Cultivators1,271 (11.3%)
- Agricultural labourers1,535 (13.6%)
- Household industry438 (3.9%)
- Other work5,788 (51.3%)
- Marginal workers2,242 (19.9%)
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 2001
Census counts for each decade in which Remuna was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 30.5 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Remuna
- Annual rainfall
- 1,235 mm
- Temperature range
- 5°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 230 km by road
- District headquarters
- Baleshwar, 10 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baleshwar, 10 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Balasore, 51 km
- Roads
- 8 km pucca, 5 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Baleshwar, 10 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 3,750
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 51 (38 government, 13 private)
- Middle schools
- 30 (23 government, 7 private)
- Secondary schools
- 9 (7 government, 2 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 6 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 35
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Paper, Ispat Steel, Kansa Pital
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 Balasore
See also: Remuna sub-district · People of Balasore district
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