Census town · Cuttack district
Belagachhia
Belagachhia 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 5,516 people in 1,115 households, up 19.6% from 4,612 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 5,516
- Literacy
- 88.8%
- Area
- 5.1 km²
- Sub-district
- Barang
- Census town code
- 399154
People and work in Belagachhia
- Population
- 5,516
- 2,771 male · 2,745 female
- Households
- 1,115
- about 4.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 88.8%
- men 94.2% · women 83.5%below urban Cuttack (90.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 991
- above urban Cuttack (927)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 864
- People per km²
- 1,082
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,058 (19.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2 (0.0%)
What the 1,598 workers did
- Cultivators87 (5.4%)
- Agricultural labourers112 (7.0%)
- Household industry614 (38.4%)
- Other work698 (43.7%)
- Marginal workers87 (5.4%)
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 2001
Census counts for each decade in which Belagachhia was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 5.1 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Baranga
- Annual rainfall
- 1,627.76 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 20 km by road
- District headquarters
- Cuttack, 10 km
- Nearest railway station
- Cuttack, 2 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 10 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 20 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 955
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Bricks, Cement Bricks, Mat
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: Barang sub-district · People of Cuttack district
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