Notified Area Council · Bhadrak district
Basudebpur
Basudebpur is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Bhadrak district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 33,690 people in 6,599 households, up 12.3% from 30,006 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 33,690
- Literacy
- 81.3%
- Area
- 74.78 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 23
- Sub-district
- Basudebpur
- LGD body code
- 250489
People and work in Basudebpur
- Population
- 33,690
- 16,927 male · 16,763 female
- Households
- 6,599
- about 5.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 81.3%
- men 89.2% · women 73.3%above urban Bhadrak (79.5%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 990
- above urban Bhadrak (956)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 931
- People per km²
- 451
- Scheduled Castes
- 5,626 (16.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 103 (0.3%)
What the 9,785 workers did
- Cultivators2,668 (27.3%)
- Agricultural labourers750 (7.7%)
- Household industry137 (1.4%)
- Other work3,700 (37.8%)
- Marginal workers2,530 (25.9%)
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 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Basudebpur was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 74.78 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Basudevpur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,512.2 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 180 km by road
- District headquarters
- Bhadrak, 35 km
- Nearest railway station
- Markona, 17 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Baleswar, 62 km
- Roads
- 500 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 5,200
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 21 (21 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 13 (11 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 6 (1 government, 5 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 7 (5 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 5
- Management institutes
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 11
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 5
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Ice Factory, Steel Furniture, Cement Product
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 Bhadrak
See also: Basudebpur sub-district · People of Bhadrak district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Basudebpur as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.