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Census town · Bargarh district

Bardol

Bardol 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 Bargarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 5,441 people in 1,327 households.

Population (2011)
5,441
Literacy
78.8%
Area
6.83 km²
Sub-district
Bargarh
Census town code
380612

People and work in Bardol

Population
5,441
2,678 male · 2,763 female
Households
1,327
about 4.1 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
78.8%
men 85.1% · women 72.6%below urban Bargarh (85.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,032
above urban Bargarh (961)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
1,131
People per km²
797
Scheduled Castes
1,435 (26.4%)
Scheduled Tribes
750 (13.8%)

What the 2,014 workers did

  • Cultivators189 (9.4%)
  • Agricultural labourers176 (8.7%)
  • Household industry245 (12.2%)
  • Other work1,043 (51.8%)
  • Marginal workers361 (17.9%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).

Place and climate

Area
6.83 km²
Population class
Class V
Community development block
Bargarh
Annual rainfall
1,329.7 mm
Temperature range
7°C to 46°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar
391 km by road
District headquarters
Bargarh, 7 km
Nearest railway station
Bargarh, 7 km
Nearest city of 1 lakh+
Sambalpur, 60 km
Roads
8.4 km pucca, 12 km kutcha
Fire station
Nearest at Bargarh, 7 km
Homes with electricity connections
1,124

Schools and colleges

Primary schools
1 (1 government, 0 private)
Middle schools
1 (1 government, 0 private)
Secondary schools
1 (0 government, 1 private)
Senior secondary schools
1 (0 government, 1 private)

Health

Medicine shops
1

Banks, culture and products

Main manufactured products
Cement, Cloth

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 Bargarh

See also: Bargarh sub-district · People of Bargarh district

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