Census town · Ganjam district
Borigam
Borigam 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 Ganjam district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 4,855 people in 974 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,855
- Literacy
- 70.4%
- Area
- 8.02 km²
- Sub-district
- Brahmapur Sadar
- Census town code
- 412605
People and work in Borigam
- Population
- 4,855
- 2,477 male · 2,378 female
- Households
- 974
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 70.4%
- men 81.2% · women 59.3%below urban Ganjam (83.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 960
- above urban Ganjam (941)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 914
- People per km²
- 605
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,250 (25.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 2,102 workers did
- Cultivators173 (8.2%)
- Agricultural labourers161 (7.7%)
- Household industry22 (1.0%)
- Other work1,055 (50.2%)
- Marginal workers691 (32.9%)
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
- 8.02 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Kukudeekhemdi
- Annual rainfall
- 1,170.82 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 178 km by road
- District headquarters
- Chhatrapur, 30 km
- Nearest railway station
- Brahampur, 6 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Brahampur, 6 km
- Roads
- 6 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Berhampur, 6 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 420
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 2
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 Ganjam
- Brahmapur
- Hinjilicut
- Polasara
- Chhatrapur
- Asika
- Bhanjanagar
- Kabisurjyanagar
- Lochapada
- Purusottampur
- Buguda
- Surada
- Kodala
- Digapahandi
- Khalikote
- Rambha
- Ganjam
- Chikiti
- Bellaguntha
- Bhabinipur
- Surala
- Arjyapalli
- Suvani
- Kukudakhandi
- Gopalpur
- Lalsingi
- Badagada
- Sheragada
- Agastinuagan
- Golabandha
- Pathar
- Patrapur
- Kullada
- Badakodanda
- Palurgada
- Makundapur
- Pitala
- Venkatraipur
- Mundamarai
See also: Brahmapur Sadar sub-district · People of Ganjam district
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