Municipality · Jharsuguda district
Brajarajnagar
Brajarajnagar is a municipality, governed by an elected municipal council, in Jharsuguda district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 80,403 people in 17,631 households, up 4.5% from 76,959 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 80,403
- Literacy
- 82.5%
- Area
- 41.4 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 23
- Sub-district
- Orient
- LGD body code
- 250451
People and work in Brajarajnagar
- Population
- 80,403
- 41,836 male · 38,567 female
- Households
- 17,631
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.5%
- men 89.1% · women 75.3%below urban Jharsuguda (83.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 922
- about the same as urban Jharsuguda (918)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 909
- People per km²
- 1,942
- Scheduled Castes
- 15,083 (18.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 8,731 (10.9%)
What the 25,761 workers did
- Cultivators235 (0.9%)
- Agricultural labourers188 (0.7%)
- Household industry519 (2.0%)
- Other work21,771 (84.5%)
- Marginal workers3,048 (11.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1961
Census counts for each decade in which Brajarajnagar was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 41.4 km²
- Population class
- Class II
- Community development block
- Jharsuguda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,568.44 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 388 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jharsuguda, 18 km
- Nearest railway station
- Brajrajnagar (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 69 km
- Roads
- 120 km pucca, 80 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 6,317
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 106 (37 government, 69 private)
- Middle schools
- 23 (18 government, 5 private)
- Secondary schools
- 14 (10 government, 4 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 6 (1 government, 5 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 3, 178 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 5
- Nursing homes
- 3
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 18
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 8
- Private banks
- 2
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 6
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Coal, Fly Ash Bricks, Grill
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: Orient sub-district · People of Jharsuguda district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Brajarajnagar as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.