Notified Area Council · Cuttack district
Athagad
Athagad is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Cuttack district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 17,304 people in 3,497 households, up 9.2% from 15,848 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 17,304
- Literacy
- 89.7%
- Area
- 10.4 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 18
- Sub-district
- Athagad
- LGD body code
- 250498
People and work in Athagad
- Population
- 17,304
- 8,930 male · 8,374 female
- Households
- 3,497
- about 4.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 89.7%
- men 93.6% · women 85.6%about the same as urban Cuttack (90.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 938
- above urban Cuttack (927)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 872
- People per km²
- 1,664
- Scheduled Castes
- 3,664 (21.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 460 (2.7%)
What the 5,274 workers did
- Cultivators229 (4.3%)
- Agricultural labourers228 (4.3%)
- Household industry75 (1.4%)
- Other work4,030 (76.4%)
- Marginal workers712 (13.5%)
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 1951
Census counts for each decade in which Athagad was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 10.4 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Athagad
- Annual rainfall
- 1,534.7 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 45.5°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 80 km by road
- District headquarters
- Cuttack, 55 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghantikhal /Nidhipur, 13 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 55 km
- Roads
- 90.65 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,502
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 9 (6 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (1 government, 3 private)
- Secondary schools
- 6 (3 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 4
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 6, 92 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Nursing homes
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 21
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Stadiums
- 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 Cuttack
See also: Athagad sub-district · People of Cuttack district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Athagad as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.