Census town · Cuttack district
Kanheipur
Kanheipur 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 4,611 people in 917 households, up 10.1% from 4,187 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 4,611
- Literacy
- 81.5%
- Area
- 3 km²
- Sub-district
- Tangi
- Census town code
- 399421
People and work in Kanheipur
- Population
- 4,611
- 2,387 male · 2,224 female
- Households
- 917
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 81.5%
- men 87.6% · women 75.1%below urban Cuttack (90.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 932
- about the same as urban Cuttack (927)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 869
- People per km²
- 1,537
- Scheduled Castes
- 676 (14.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 304 (6.6%)
What the 1,467 workers did
- Cultivators92 (6.3%)
- Agricultural labourers55 (3.7%)
- Household industry9 (0.6%)
- Other work1,032 (70.3%)
- Marginal workers279 (19.0%)
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 Kanheipur was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 3 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Tangi
- Annual rainfall
- 1,705 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 51 km by road
- District headquarters
- Cuttack, 22 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kapilas Road, 4 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 22 km
- Roads
- 2 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Tangi, 10 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 841
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
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: Tangi sub-district · People of Cuttack district
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