Municipality · Cuttack district
Choudwar
Choudwar is a municipality, governed by an elected municipal council, in Cuttack district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 42,784 people in 9,176 households, up 0.4% from 42,622 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 42,784
- Literacy
- 90.0%
- Area
- 31.01 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 30
- Sub-district
- Choudwar
- LGD body code
- 250494
People and work in Choudwar
- Population
- 42,784
- 22,462 male · 20,322 female
- Households
- 9,176
- about 4.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 90.0%
- men 94.4% · women 85.2%about the same as urban Cuttack (90.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 905
- below urban Cuttack (927)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 905
- People per km²
- 1,380
- Scheduled Castes
- 5,205 (12.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 948 (2.2%)
What the 13,734 workers did
- Cultivators152 (1.1%)
- Agricultural labourers75 (0.5%)
- Household industry328 (2.4%)
- Other work11,844 (86.2%)
- Marginal workers1,335 (9.7%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Including its outgrowths — built-up areas next to the town that the census counts with it — Choudwar had 52,999 people in 2011.
Population since 1961
Census counts for each decade in which Choudwar was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 31.01 km²
- Population class
- Class II
- Community development block
- Choudwar
- Annual rainfall
- 1,805.01 mm
- Temperature range
- 7°C to 43.01°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 50 km by road
- District headquarters
- Cuttack, 15 km
- Nearest railway station
- Cuttack, 15 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 15 km
- Roads
- 110.5 km pucca, 30 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 8,339
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 27 (18 government, 9 private)
- Middle schools
- 14 (10 government, 4 private)
- Secondary schools
- 8 (5 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 50 beds
- Nursing homes
- 4
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 30
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 4
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 2
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 5
- Reading rooms
- 5
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Crome, Carpet, Power Supply
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: Choudwar sub-district · People of Cuttack district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Choudwar as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.