Municipality · Kendujhar district
Barbil
Barbil is a municipality, governed by an elected municipal council, in Kendujhar district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 66,540 people in 15,094 households, up 26.4% from 52,627 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 66,540
- Literacy
- 72.2%
- Area
- 41.44 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 15
- Sub-district
- Barbil
- LGD body code
- 250469
People and work in Barbil
- Population
- 66,540
- 34,938 male · 31,602 female
- Households
- 15,094
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 72.2%
- men 80.8% · women 62.6%below urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 905
- below urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 939
- People per km²
- 1,606
- Scheduled Castes
- 8,500 (12.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 16,291 (24.5%)
What the 22,014 workers did
- Cultivators62 (0.3%)
- Agricultural labourers76 (0.3%)
- Household industry498 (2.3%)
- Other work18,414 (83.6%)
- Marginal workers2,964 (13.5%)
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 Barbil was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 41.44 km²
- Population class
- Class II
- Community development block
- Barbil
- Annual rainfall
- 1,572.9 mm
- Temperature range
- 11.8°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 320 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 77 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barbil, 3 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 290 km
- Roads
- 100 km pucca, 160 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 14,985
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 27 (21 government, 6 private)
- Middle schools
- 18 (10 government, 8 private)
- Secondary schools
- 12 (7 government, 5 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 2, 22 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 29
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 5
- Private banks
- 4
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Pig Iron, Spun Pipe, Sponge Iron
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: Barbil sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Barbil as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.