Census town · Jharsuguda district
Bundia
Bundia 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 4,304 people in 973 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,304
- Literacy
- 83.7%
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- Sub-district
- Brajarajnagar
- Census town code
- 381107
People and work in Bundia
- Population
- 4,304
- 2,269 male · 2,035 female
- Households
- 973
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.7%
- men 90.3% · women 76.4%about the same as urban Jharsuguda (83.9%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 897
- below urban Jharsuguda (918)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 842
- People per km²
- 1,871
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,083 (25.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 601 (14.0%)
What the 1,299 workers did
- Cultivators18 (1.4%)
- Agricultural labourers2 (0.2%)
- Household industry20 (1.5%)
- Other work1,068 (82.2%)
- Marginal workers191 (14.7%)
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
- 2.3 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Jharsuguda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,568.44 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 390 km by road
- District headquarters
- Jharsuguda, 22 km
- Nearest railway station
- Brajarajnagar, 6 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 66 km
- Roads
- 12.7 km pucca, 14 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Brajrajnagar, 6 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,060
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (0 government, 1 private)
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: Brajarajnagar sub-district · People of Jharsuguda district
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