Census town · Kendujhar district
Champua
Champua 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 10,394 people in 1,966 households.
- Population (2011)
- 10,394
- Literacy
- 87.0%
- Area
- 4.9 km²
- Sub-district
- Champua
- Census town code
- 385509
People and work in Champua
- Population
- 10,394
- 5,543 male · 4,851 female
- Households
- 1,966
- about 5.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 87.0%
- men 90.8% · women 82.6%above urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 875
- below urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 889
- People per km²
- 2,121
- Scheduled Castes
- 591 (5.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,593 (15.3%)
What the 2,865 workers did
- Cultivators17 (0.6%)
- Agricultural labourers22 (0.8%)
- Household industry87 (3.0%)
- Other work2,326 (81.2%)
- Marginal workers413 (14.4%)
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
- 4.9 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Champua
- Annual rainfall
- 1,638 mm
- Temperature range
- 4°C to 46°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 300 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 50 km
- Nearest railway station
- Champua (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 250 km
- Roads
- 10.2 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,589
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (2 government, 5 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Secondary schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 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 Kendujhar
See also: Champua sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
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