Census town · Cuttack district
Badamba (Nizigarh)
Badamba (Nizigarh) 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 Cuttack district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,284 people in 1,494 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,284
- Literacy
- 89.7%
- Area
- 3.77 km²
- Sub-district
- Badamba
- Census town code
- 398818
People and work in Badamba (Nizigarh)
- Population
- 6,284
- 3,296 male · 2,988 female
- Households
- 1,494
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 89.7%
- men 94.4% · women 84.5%about the same as urban Cuttack (90.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 907
- below urban Cuttack (927)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 873
- People per km²
- 1,667
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,453 (23.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 16 (0.3%)
What the 1,960 workers did
- Cultivators87 (4.4%)
- Agricultural labourers94 (4.8%)
- Household industry79 (4.0%)
- Other work1,471 (75.1%)
- Marginal workers229 (11.7%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 2011
Census counts for each decade in which Badamba (Nizigarh) was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 3.77 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Badamba
- Annual rainfall
- 1,469 mm
- Temperature range
- 7°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 125 km by road
- District headquarters
- Cuttack, 95 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghantikhal /Nidhipur, 40 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 95 km
- Roads
- 2 km pucca, 1 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,105
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 7
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 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: Badamba sub-district · People of Cuttack district
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