Census town · Ganjam district
Makundapur
Makundapur 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 4,983 people in 1,079 households, up 0.2% from 4,975 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 4,983
- Literacy
- 84.9%
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- Sub-district
- Asika
- Census town code
- 411296
People and work in Makundapur
- Population
- 4,983
- 2,527 male · 2,456 female
- Households
- 1,079
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.9%
- men 92.5% · women 77.0%above urban Ganjam (83.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 972
- above urban Ganjam (941)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 973
- People per km²
- 3,833
- Scheduled Castes
- 429 (8.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3 (0.1%)
What the 1,652 workers did
- Cultivators40 (2.4%)
- Agricultural labourers37 (2.2%)
- Household industry110 (6.7%)
- Other work1,067 (64.6%)
- Marginal workers398 (24.1%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Makundapur was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Aska
- Annual rainfall
- 1,322.8 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 40°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 181 km by road
- District headquarters
- Chhatrapur, 63 km
- Nearest railway station
- Berhampur, 40 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 40 km
- Roads
- 1.5 km pucca, 0.5 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Berhampur, 40 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 350
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (1 government, 4 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (0 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
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
- Borigam
- Pitala
- Venkatraipur
- Mundamarai
See also: Asika sub-district · People of Ganjam district
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