Census town · Dhenkanal district
Saranga
Saranga 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 6,426 people in 1,126 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,426
- Literacy
- 92.1%
- Area
- 9.92 km²
- Sub-district
- Parajang
- Census town code
- 402315
People and work in Saranga
- Population
- 6,426
- 3,573 male · 2,853 female
- Households
- 1,126
- about 5.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 92.1%
- men 95.8% · women 87.5%above urban Dhenkanal (89.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 798
- below urban Dhenkanal (918)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 827
- People per km²
- 648
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,028 (16.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 449 (7.0%)
What the 1,624 workers did
- Cultivators161 (9.9%)
- Agricultural labourers101 (6.2%)
- Household industry38 (2.3%)
- Other work886 (54.6%)
- Marginal workers438 (27.0%)
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
- 9.92 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Parjang
- Annual rainfall
- 1,430 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 165 km by road
- District headquarters
- Dhenkanal, 71 km
- Nearest railway station
- Talcher, 9 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 131 km
- Roads
- 15.2 km pucca, 10 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 369
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Engineering colleges
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 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 Dhenkanal
See also: Parajang sub-district · People of Dhenkanal district
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