Census town · Kendujhar district
Jajanga
Jajanga 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 7,482 people in 1,820 households.
- Population (2011)
- 7,482
- Literacy
- 60.8%
- Area
- 20 km²
- Sub-district
- Bamebari
- Census town code
- 385392
People and work in Jajanga
- Population
- 7,482
- 3,978 male · 3,504 female
- Households
- 1,820
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 60.8%
- men 73.5% · women 45.9%below urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 881
- below urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,005
- People per km²
- 374
- Scheduled Castes
- 977 (13.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 4,081 (54.5%)
What the 2,916 workers did
- Cultivators22 (0.8%)
- Agricultural labourers2 (0.1%)
- Household industry2 (0.1%)
- Other work2,395 (82.1%)
- Marginal workers495 (17.0%)
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 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Jajanga was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 20 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Joda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,638 mm
- Temperature range
- 12°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 315 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 90 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaroli, 3 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Jamsedpur, 90 km
- Roads
- 8 km pucca, 6 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Keonjhar, 90 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,682
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Maternity homes
- 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: Bamebari sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
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