Census town · Jagatsinghpur district
Paradipgarh
Paradipgarh 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 Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 4,790 people in 1,006 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,790
- Literacy
- 86.6%
- Area
- 2.4 km²
- Sub-district
- Paradeep Lock
- Census town code
- 397173
People and work in Paradipgarh
- Population
- 4,790
- 2,425 male · 2,365 female
- Households
- 1,006
- about 4.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.6%
- men 92.6% · women 80.4%about the same as urban Jagatsinghpur (87.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 975
- above urban Jagatsinghpur (900)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 884
- People per km²
- 1,996
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,807 (37.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 48 (1.0%)
What the 1,748 workers did
- Cultivators173 (9.9%)
- Agricultural labourers116 (6.6%)
- Household industry156 (8.9%)
- Other work876 (50.1%)
- Marginal workers427 (24.4%)
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
- 2.4 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Kujang
- Annual rainfall
- 1,650 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 105 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jagatsinghpur, 57 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rangiagarh, 5 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 90 km
- Roads
- 3 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 720
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Banks, culture and products
- Co-operative 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 Jagatsinghpur
See also: Paradeep Lock sub-district · People of Jagatsinghpur district
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