Census town · Jharsuguda district
Bandhbahal
Bandhbahal 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 Jharsuguda district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 9,735 people in 2,433 households.
- Population (2011)
- 9,735
- Literacy
- 90.6%
- Area
- 5 km²
- Sub-district
- Banaharapali
- Census town code
- 381073
People and work in Bandhbahal
- Population
- 9,735
- 5,192 male · 4,543 female
- Households
- 2,433
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 90.6%
- men 95.0% · women 85.5%above urban Jharsuguda (83.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 875
- below urban Jharsuguda (918)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 805
- People per km²
- 1,947
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,171 (12.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,642 (16.9%)
What the 3,072 workers did
- Cultivators14 (0.5%)
- Agricultural labourers35 (1.1%)
- Household industry50 (1.6%)
- Other work2,765 (90.0%)
- Marginal workers208 (6.8%)
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
- 5 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Jharsuguda
- Annual rainfall
- 948.35 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 47°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 500 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jharsuguda, 50 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kansabahal, 1 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 33 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 30 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Rourkela, 33 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,005
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 8 (8 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Medicine shops
- 1
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 Jharsuguda
See also: Banaharapali sub-district · People of Jharsuguda district
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