Notified Area Council · Dhenkanal district
Bhuban
Bhuban is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Dhenkanal district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 22,200 people in 4,802 households.
- Population (2011)
- 22,200
- Literacy
- 83.6%
- Area
- 18.04 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 15
- Sub-district
- Bhuban
- LGD body code
- 248059
People and work in Bhuban
- Population
- 22,200
- 11,545 male · 10,655 female
- Households
- 4,802
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.6%
- men 89.8% · women 76.8%below urban Dhenkanal (89.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 923
- about the same as urban Dhenkanal (918)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 940
- People per km²
- 1,231
- Scheduled Castes
- 3,016 (13.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 280 (1.3%)
What the 6,672 workers did
- Cultivators459 (6.9%)
- Agricultural labourers653 (9.8%)
- Household industry161 (2.4%)
- Other work4,354 (65.3%)
- Marginal workers1,045 (15.7%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 18.04 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Bhuban
- Annual rainfall
- 1,110 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 40°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 130 km by road
- District headquarters
- Dhenkanal, 70 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jajpur, 40 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 100 km
- Roads
- 69.79 km pucca, 80 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,100
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 8 (8 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 7 (5 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
- Management institutes
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 35 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 9
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Brass Metal, Darthen Pot, Weaving
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 Dhenkanal
See also: Bhuban sub-district · People of Dhenkanal district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Bhuban as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.