Municipality · Jajpur district
Byasanagar
Byasanagar is a municipality, governed by an elected municipal council, in Jajpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 48,911 people in 10,570 households, up 30.0% from 37,612 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 48,911
- Literacy
- 87.3%
- Area
- 42.78 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 29
- Sub-district
- Jajapur Road
- LGD body code
- 250502
People and work in Byasanagar
- Population
- 48,911
- 25,365 male · 23,546 female
- Households
- 10,570
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 87.3%
- men 91.5% · women 82.8%above urban Jajpur (86.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 928
- below urban Jajpur (944)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 882
- People per km²
- 1,143
- Scheduled Castes
- 6,514 (13.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 4,907 (10.0%)
What the 15,355 workers did
- Cultivators831 (5.4%)
- Agricultural labourers658 (4.3%)
- Household industry638 (4.2%)
- Other work12,068 (78.6%)
- Marginal workers1,160 (7.6%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Including its outgrowths — built-up areas next to the town that the census counts with it — Byasanagar had 56,946 people in 2011.
Population since 1961
Census counts for each decade in which Byasanagar was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 42.78 km²
- Population class
- Class II
- Community development block
- Korai
- Annual rainfall
- 1,559.9 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 108 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jajpur, 30 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaipur Keonjhar Road (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhadrak, 45 km
- Roads
- 100 km pucca, 100 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 6,929
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 32 (23 government, 9 private)
- Middle schools
- 18 (5 government, 13 private)
- Secondary schools
- 10 (6 government, 4 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (0 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
- Management institutes
- 4
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 35 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 2
- Medicine shops
- 33
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 9
- Private banks
- 3
- Co-operative banks
- 2
- Cinema halls
- 4
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 2
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- F.C Plant, Paints
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: Jajapur Road sub-district · People of Jajpur district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Byasanagar as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.