Notified Area Council · Balasore district
Soro
Soro is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Balasore district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 32,531 people in 6,811 households, up 17.0% from 27,794 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 32,531
- Literacy
- 84.6%
- Area
- 23.6 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 19
- Sub-district
- Soro
- LGD body code
- 250485
People and work in Soro
- Population
- 32,531
- 16,628 male · 15,903 female
- Households
- 6,811
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.6%
- men 89.7% · women 79.2%about the same as urban Balasore (84.7%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 956
- about the same as urban Balasore (959)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 914
- People per km²
- 1,378
- Scheduled Castes
- 4,739 (14.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 902 (2.8%)
What the 10,272 workers did
- Cultivators1,433 (14.0%)
- Agricultural labourers1,365 (13.3%)
- Household industry148 (1.4%)
- Other work6,315 (61.5%)
- Marginal workers1,011 (9.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1961
Census counts for each decade in which Soro was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 23.6 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Soro
- Annual rainfall
- 1,462.46 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 180 km by road
- District headquarters
- Baleshwar, 35 km
- Nearest railway station
- Soro (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Balasore, 35 km
- Roads
- 65 km pucca, 156.66 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 4,130
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 36 (27 government, 9 private)
- Middle schools
- 20 (15 government, 5 private)
- Secondary schools
- 9 (6 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Nursing homes
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 16
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 3
- 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 Balasore
See also: Soro sub-district · People of Balasore district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Soro as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.