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Census town · Dhenkanal district

Indipur

Indipur 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 Dhenkanal district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 4,656 people in 1,102 households.

Population (2011)
4,656
Literacy
88.1%
Area
10 km²
Sub-district
Dhenkanal Sadar
Census town code
403392

People and work in Indipur

Population
4,656
2,452 male · 2,204 female
Households
1,102
about 4.2 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
88.1%
men 93.9% · women 81.7%below urban Dhenkanal (89.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
899
below urban Dhenkanal (918)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
909
People per km²
466
Scheduled Castes
313 (6.7%)
Scheduled Tribes
282 (6.1%)

What the 1,580 workers did

  • Cultivators144 (9.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers134 (8.5%)
  • Household industry82 (5.2%)
  • Other work778 (49.2%)
  • Marginal workers442 (28.0%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).

Place and climate

Area
10 km²
Population class
Class VI
Community development block
Odapada
Annual rainfall
1,150 mm
Temperature range
9°C to 40°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar
105 km by road
District headquarters
Dhenkanal, 10 km
Nearest railway station
Sadasivapur (in the town)
Nearest city of 1 lakh+
Cuttack, 65 km
Roads
4 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
Homes with electricity connections
370

Schools and colleges

Primary schools
3 (3 government, 0 private)
Middle schools
1 (1 government, 0 private)
Secondary schools
2 (1 government, 1 private)
Senior secondary schools
1 (1 government, 0 private)

Health

Family welfare centres
1
Medicine shops
1

Banks, culture and products

Public libraries
1
Main manufactured products
Brass And Bell Metal Utensils, Alluminium Utensils, Mushroom

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: Dhenkanal Sadar sub-district · People of Dhenkanal district

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