Census town · Gajapati district
R. Udayagiri
R. Udayagiri 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 4,851 people in 1,060 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,851
- Literacy
- 73.4%
- Area
- 8.4 km²
- Sub-district
- R.Udayagiri
- Census town code
- 414260
People and work in R. Udayagiri
- Population
- 4,851
- 2,428 male · 2,423 female
- Households
- 1,060
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 73.4%
- men 82.5% · women 64.4%below urban Gajapati (77.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 998
- about the same as urban Gajapati (1,006)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 917
- People per km²
- 578
- Scheduled Castes
- 130 (2.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 741 (15.3%)
What the 1,845 workers did
- Cultivators136 (7.4%)
- Agricultural labourers373 (20.2%)
- Household industry26 (1.4%)
- Other work1,086 (58.9%)
- Marginal workers224 (12.1%)
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
- 8.4 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- R.Udaygiri
- Annual rainfall
- 1,235 mm
- Temperature range
- 3°C to 41°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 250 km by road
- District headquarters
- Paralakhemundi, 65 km
- Nearest railway station
- Brahmapur, 80 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Paralakhemundi, 65 km
- Roads
- 10.5 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 512
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 18 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- 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 Gajapati
See also: R.Udayagiri sub-district · People of Gajapati district
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