Census town · Kendujhar district
Balagoda (Bolani)
Balagoda (Bolani) 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 Kendujhar district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 11,708 people in 2,707 households.
- Population (2011)
- 11,708
- Literacy
- 71.9%
- Area
- 11.42 km²
- Sub-district
- Bolani
- Census town code
- 385278
People and work in Balagoda (Bolani)
- Population
- 11,708
- 6,152 male · 5,556 female
- Households
- 2,707
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 71.9%
- men 81.1% · women 61.7%below urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 903
- below urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 907
- People per km²
- 1,025
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,638 (14.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3,345 (28.6%)
What the 3,526 workers did
- Cultivators5 (0.1%)
- Agricultural labourers4 (0.1%)
- Household industry92 (2.6%)
- Other work3,156 (89.5%)
- Marginal workers269 (7.6%)
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 Balagoda (Bolani) was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 11.42 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Joda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,356.2 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 316 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 81 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barbil, 10 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 96 km
- Roads
- 15.38 km pucca, 7 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Joda, 18 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,471
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 6 (1 government, 5 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (1 government, 3 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Iron Core
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 Kendujhar
See also: Bolani sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
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