Census town · Kendujhar district
Jhumpura
Jhumpura 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 6,064 people in 1,323 households, up 15.2% from 5,265 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,064
- Literacy
- 82.7%
- Area
- 3.27 km²
- Sub-district
- Jhumpura
- Census town code
- 385564
People and work in Jhumpura
- Population
- 6,064
- 3,153 male · 2,911 female
- Households
- 1,323
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 82.7%
- men 88.3% · women 76.7%above urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 923
- about the same as urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 902
- People per km²
- 1,854
- Scheduled Castes
- 565 (9.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,018 (16.8%)
What the 2,022 workers did
- Cultivators26 (1.3%)
- Agricultural labourers51 (2.5%)
- Household industry48 (2.4%)
- Other work1,416 (70.0%)
- Marginal workers481 (23.8%)
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 Jhumpura was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 3.27 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Jhumpura
- Annual rainfall
- 1,419 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 258 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 23 km
- Nearest railway station
- J.K.Road, 137 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Cuttack, 228 km
- Roads
- 9 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Kenudhar, 23 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,215
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 5
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 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: Jhumpura sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
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