Census town · Bhadrak district
Erei
Erei 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 Bhadrak district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 7,890 people in 1,539 households.
- Population (2011)
- 7,890
- Literacy
- 79.8%
- Area
- 9.5 km²
- Sub-district
- Bhadrak Rural
- Census town code
- 394886
People and work in Erei
- Population
- 7,890
- 3,985 male · 3,905 female
- Households
- 1,539
- about 5.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.8%
- men 86.2% · women 73.2%about the same as urban Bhadrak (79.5%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 980
- above urban Bhadrak (956)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,000
- People per km²
- 831
- Scheduled Castes
- 419 (5.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,221 (15.5%)
What the 2,657 workers did
- Cultivators161 (6.1%)
- Agricultural labourers218 (8.2%)
- Household industry189 (7.1%)
- Other work1,671 (62.9%)
- Marginal workers418 (15.7%)
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
- 9.5 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Bhadrak
- Annual rainfall
- 1,619.5 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 136 km by road
- District headquarters
- Bhadrak, 6 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhadrak, 6 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Baleswar, 72 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 216
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
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: Bhadrak Rural sub-district · People of Bhadrak district
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