Census town · Kendujhar district
Daitari
Daitari 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 4,065 people in 1,043 households, down 4.1% from 4,239 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 4,065
- Literacy
- 82.8%
- Sub-district
- Daitari
- Census town code
- 386860
People and work in Daitari
- Population
- 4,065
- 2,162 male · 1,903 female
- Households
- 1,043
- about 3.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.8%
- men 92.4% · women 71.7%above urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 880
- below urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 996
- Workers
- 1,548
- 38.1% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 693 (17.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,436 (35.3%)
What the 1,548 workers did
- Cultivators7 (0.5%)
- Agricultural labourers3 (0.2%)
- Household industry40 (2.6%)
- Other work1,032 (66.7%)
- Marginal workers466 (30.1%)
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 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Daitari was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Harichandanpur
- Annual rainfall
- 978 mm
- Temperature range
- 5°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 130 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 100 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamaka, 30 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 100 km
- Roads
- 40 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Anandapur, 50 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 998
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (1 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 16 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 2
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 1
- Public libraries
- 1
- Reading rooms
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Stadiums
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Iron Ore
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: Daitari sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
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