Census town · Gajapati district
Mohana
Mohana 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 Gajapati district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 5,197 people in 1,121 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,197
- Literacy
- 88.6%
- Area
- 2.51 km²
- Sub-district
- Mohana
- Census town code
- 413958
People and work in Mohana
- Population
- 5,197
- 2,687 male · 2,510 female
- Households
- 1,121
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 88.6%
- men 95.0% · women 81.8%above urban Gajapati (77.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 934
- below urban Gajapati (1,006)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 811
- People per km²
- 2,071
- Scheduled Castes
- 259 (5.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 558 (10.7%)
What the 1,905 workers did
- Cultivators30 (1.6%)
- Agricultural labourers67 (3.5%)
- Household industry107 (5.6%)
- Other work1,135 (59.6%)
- Marginal workers566 (29.7%)
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
- 2.51 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Mohana
- Annual rainfall
- 1,105 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 280 km by road
- District headquarters
- Paralakhemundi, 100 km
- Nearest railway station
- Berhampur, 70 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Brahmapur, 100 km
- Roads
- 7.8 km pucca, 12 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 555
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (5 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 16 (16 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (0 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 50 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 5
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 7
Banks, culture and products
- 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 Gajapati
See also: Mohana sub-district · People of Gajapati district
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