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Census town · Ganjam district

Mundamarai

Mundamarai 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 4,253 people in 905 households.

Population (2011)
4,253
Literacy
74.8%
Area
2.18 km²
Sub-district
Dharakote
Census town code
411360

People and work in Mundamarai

Population
4,253
2,064 male · 2,189 female
Households
905
about 4.7 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
74.8%
men 82.6% · women 67.5%below urban Ganjam (83.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,061
above urban Ganjam (941)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
933
People per km²
1,951
Scheduled Castes
719 (16.9%)
Scheduled Tribes
16 (0.4%)

What the 1,475 workers did

  • Cultivators67 (4.5%)
  • Agricultural labourers117 (7.9%)
  • Household industry70 (4.7%)
  • Other work617 (41.8%)
  • Marginal workers604 (40.9%)

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
2.18 km²
Population class
Class VI
Community development block
Dharakote
Annual rainfall
1,170.8 mm
Temperature range
9°C to 47°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar
200 km by road
District headquarters
Chhatrapur, 75 km
Nearest railway station
Berhampur, 50 km
Nearest city of 1 lakh+
Berhampur, 50 km
Roads
3 km pucca, 20 km kutcha
Fire station
Nearest at Aska, 10 km
Homes with electricity connections
600

Schools and colleges

Primary schools
5 (5 government, 0 private)
Middle schools
2 (2 government, 0 private)
Secondary schools
2 (1 government, 1 private)
Senior secondary schools
1 (0 government, 1 private)

Health

Hospitals (allopathic)
1, 3 beds
Medicine shops
5

Banks, culture and products

Nationalised 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 Ganjam

See also: Dharakote sub-district · People of Ganjam district

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