Census town · Cuttack district
Dadhapatna
Dadhapatna 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 5,005 people in 1,050 households, up 13.3% from 4,417 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 5,005
- Literacy
- 88.8%
- Area
- 1.07 km²
- Sub-district
- Barang
- Census town code
- 399153
People and work in Dadhapatna
- Population
- 5,005
- 2,589 male · 2,416 female
- Households
- 1,050
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 88.8%
- men 95.1% · women 82.1%below urban Cuttack (90.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 933
- about the same as urban Cuttack (927)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 977
- People per km²
- 4,678
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,357 (27.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 256 (5.1%)
What the 1,665 workers did
- Cultivators5 (0.3%)
- Agricultural labourers23 (1.4%)
- Household industry392 (23.5%)
- Other work1,111 (66.7%)
- Marginal workers134 (8.0%)
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 Dadhapatna was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1.07 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Baranga
- Annual rainfall
- 1,627.76 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 18 km by road
- District headquarters
- Cuttack, 13 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barang, 3 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 13 km
- Roads
- 10 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Cuttack, 12 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 350
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
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 2
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Glass, Caps
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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