Census town · Kalahandi district
Mukhiguda
Mukhiguda 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 Kalahandi district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,155 people in 1,541 households, down 8.9% from 6,756 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,155
- Literacy
- 79.1%
- Area
- 2.24 km²
- Sub-district
- Jayapatna
- Census town code
- 424227
People and work in Mukhiguda
- Population
- 6,155
- 3,236 male · 2,919 female
- Households
- 1,541
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.1%
- men 87.3% · women 70.1%below urban Kalahandi (81.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 902
- below urban Kalahandi (953)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 876
- People per km²
- 2,748
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,109 (18.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 707 (11.5%)
What the 2,172 workers did
- Cultivators92 (4.2%)
- Agricultural labourers201 (9.3%)
- Household industry77 (3.5%)
- Other work1,213 (55.8%)
- Marginal workers589 (27.1%)
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 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Mukhiguda was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 2.24 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Jaipatana
- Annual rainfall
- 1,168.5 mm
- Temperature range
- 6°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 502 km by road
- District headquarters
- Bhawanipatna, 85 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kesinga, 120 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 354 km
- Roads
- 12.5 km pucca, 12 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Jaipatana, 12 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 800
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (4 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 7 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 3
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative 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 Kalahandi
See also: Jayapatna sub-district · People of Kalahandi district
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