Census town · Ganjam district
Patrapur
Patrapur 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 6,059 people in 1,294 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,059
- Literacy
- 73.0%
- Area
- 2 km²
- Sub-district
- Jarada
- Census town code
- 413350
People and work in Patrapur
- Population
- 6,059
- 3,061 male · 2,998 female
- Households
- 1,294
- about 4.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 73.0%
- men 83.1% · women 62.6%below urban Ganjam (83.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 979
- above urban Ganjam (941)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 950
- People per km²
- 3,030
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,481 (24.4%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 9 (0.1%)
What the 2,017 workers did
- Cultivators285 (14.1%)
- Agricultural labourers278 (13.8%)
- Household industry161 (8.0%)
- Other work893 (44.3%)
- Marginal workers400 (19.8%)
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 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Patrapur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,170.82 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 90 km by road
- District headquarters
- Chhatrapur, 20 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ichapuram, 16 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 45 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 1 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 782
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Nursing homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Paddy, Sesmum Seed, Green Gram
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
- Kullada
- Badakodanda
- Palurgada
- Makundapur
- Borigam
- Pitala
- Venkatraipur
- Mundamarai
See also: Jarada sub-district · People of Ganjam district
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