Municipality · Kendujhar district
Joda
Joda is a municipality, governed by an elected municipal council, in Kendujhar district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 46,631 people in 10,643 households, up 20.5% from 38,689 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 46,631
- Literacy
- 72.2%
- Area
- 7020 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 14
- Sub-district
- Joda
- LGD body code
- 250471
People and work in Joda
- Population
- 46,631
- 23,951 male · 22,680 female
- Households
- 10,643
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 72.2%
- men 80.9% · women 62.9%below urban Kendujhar (78.6%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 947
- above urban Kendujhar (920)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 962
- People per km²
- 7
- Scheduled Castes
- 8,082 (17.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 12,904 (27.7%)
What the 16,264 workers did
- Cultivators94 (0.6%)
- Agricultural labourers60 (0.4%)
- Household industry386 (2.4%)
- Other work14,538 (89.4%)
- Marginal workers1,186 (7.3%)
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 1971
Census counts for each decade in which Joda was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 7020 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Joda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,638 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 315 km by road
- District headquarters
- Kendujhar, 65 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barbil, 15 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 154 km
- Roads
- 90 km pucca, 70 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 9,502
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 23 (19 government, 4 private)
- Middle schools
- 17 (8 government, 9 private)
- Secondary schools
- 8 (5 government, 3 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 3 (1 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 3, 132 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Nursing homes
- 2
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 14
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 5
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 12
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Ferro Alloys, Sponge, Bakery Products
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: Joda sub-district · People of Kendujhar district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Joda as a municipality (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.