Census town · Jajpur district
Kaliapani
Kaliapani 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 5,028 people in 1,142 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,028
- Literacy
- 72.9%
- Area
- 10.73 km²
- Sub-district
- Kaliapani
- Census town code
- 400547
People and work in Kaliapani
- Population
- 5,028
- 2,666 male · 2,362 female
- Households
- 1,142
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 72.9%
- men 82.1% · women 62.5%below urban Jajpur (86.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 886
- below urban Jajpur (944)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 854
- People per km²
- 469
- Scheduled Castes
- 351 (7.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,005 (39.9%)
What the 1,777 workers did
- Cultivators71 (4.0%)
- Agricultural labourers25 (1.4%)
- Household industry72 (4.1%)
- Other work1,208 (68.0%)
- Marginal workers401 (22.6%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 10.73 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Sukinda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,206.67 mm
- Temperature range
- 7°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 155 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jajpur, 93 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jajpur Road, 61 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 125 km
- Roads
- 12 km pucca, 40 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Sukinda, 25 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 650
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 6
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 Jajpur
See also: Kaliapani sub-district · People of Jajpur district
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