Census town · Jajpur district
Anjira
Anjira 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 Jajpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,561 people in 1,218 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,561
- Literacy
- 76.2%
- Area
- 9.58 km²
- Sub-district
- Jenapur
- Census town code
- 401470
People and work in Anjira
- Population
- 6,561
- 3,320 male · 3,241 female
- Households
- 1,218
- about 5.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 76.2%
- men 84.8% · women 67.3%below urban Jajpur (86.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 976
- above urban Jajpur (944)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,018
- People per km²
- 685
- Scheduled Castes
- 760 (11.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,110 (16.9%)
What the 1,765 workers did
- Cultivators546 (30.9%)
- Agricultural labourers175 (9.9%)
- Household industry14 (0.8%)
- Other work625 (35.4%)
- Marginal workers405 (22.9%)
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
- 9.58 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Dharmasala
- Annual rainfall
- 1,424.42 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 40.11°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 90 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jajpur, 70 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jenapur, 6 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 30 km
- Roads
- 2 km pucca, 1 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 246
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 10 (10 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 1 beds
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 Jajpur
See also: Jenapur sub-district · People of Jajpur district
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