Census town · Kandhamal district
Daringbadi
Daringbadi 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 Kandhamal district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,995 people in 1,491 households, up 26.9% from 5,513 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,995
- Literacy
- 81.0%
- Area
- 5.86 km²
- Sub-district
- Daringbadi
- Census town code
- 417521
People and work in Daringbadi
- Population
- 6,995
- 3,339 male · 3,656 female
- Households
- 1,491
- about 4.7 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 81.0%
- men 89.4% · women 73.5%below urban Kandhamal (86.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,095
- above urban Kandhamal (984)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 903
- People per km²
- 1,194
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,125 (16.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,798 (40.0%)
What the 2,379 workers did
- Cultivators302 (12.7%)
- Agricultural labourers526 (22.1%)
- Household industry135 (5.7%)
- Other work1,150 (48.3%)
- Marginal workers266 (11.2%)
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 2001
Census counts for each decade in which Daringbadi was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 5.86 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Daringbadi
- Annual rainfall
- 1,176.17 mm
- Temperature range
- -2°C to 30°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 250 km by road
- District headquarters
- Phulbani, 110 km
- Nearest railway station
- Berhampur, 122 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 122 km
- Roads
- 4.5 km pucca, 2.5 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Baliguda, 50 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 350
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (5 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 16 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 4
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 6
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Co-operative banks
- 2
- Public libraries
- 1
- Reading rooms
- 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 Kandhamal
See also: Daringbadi sub-district · People of Kandhamal district
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