Census town · Ganjam district
Lochapada
Lochapada 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 16,377 people in 3,644 households.
- Population (2011)
- 16,377
- Literacy
- 89.5%
- Area
- 1.74 km²
- Sub-district
- Brahmapur Sadar
- Census town code
- 412607
People and work in Lochapada
- Population
- 16,377
- 8,502 male · 7,875 female
- Households
- 3,644
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 89.5%
- men 93.4% · women 85.3%above urban Ganjam (83.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 926
- below urban Ganjam (941)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 916
- People per km²
- 9,412
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,200 (7.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 462 (2.8%)
What the 5,548 workers did
- Cultivators61 (1.1%)
- Agricultural labourers207 (3.7%)
- Household industry404 (7.3%)
- Other work4,030 (72.6%)
- Marginal workers846 (15.2%)
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
- 1.74 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Rangailunda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,170.8 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 180 km by road
- District headquarters
- Chhatrapur, 26 km
- Nearest railway station
- Brahampur, 5 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Brahampur, 4 km
- Roads
- 8.9 km pucca, 10 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Brahampur, 4 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,800
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 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
- 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
- Borigam
- Pitala
- Venkatraipur
- Mundamarai
See also: Brahmapur Sadar sub-district · People of Ganjam district
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