Census town · Khordha district
Bhapur
Bhapur 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 Khordha district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,438 people in 1,289 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,438
- Literacy
- 86.0%
- Area
- 251 km²
- Sub-district
- Balipatna
- Census town code
- 407709
People and work in Bhapur
- Population
- 6,438
- 3,273 male · 3,165 female
- Households
- 1,289
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.0%
- men 93.7% · women 78.2%below urban Khordha (91.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 967
- above urban Khordha (898)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 880
- People per km²
- 26
- Scheduled Castes
- 656 (10.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3 (0.0%)
What the 2,349 workers did
- Cultivators118 (5.0%)
- Agricultural labourers185 (7.9%)
- Household industry91 (3.9%)
- Other work1,279 (54.4%)
- Marginal workers676 (28.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 251 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Balipatana
- Annual rainfall
- 1,614 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 46.3°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 25 km by road
- District headquarters
- Khordha, 52 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhubaneswar, 25 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 25 km
- Roads
- 9.8 km pucca, 5.3 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 940
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (7 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (0 government, 1 private)
Health
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 6
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 Khordha
- Bhubaneswar
- Jatani
- Khordha
- Balugaon
- Banapur
- Pratapsasan
- Bhakarsahi
- Balipatapur
- Dungamal
- Majhihara
- Kaipadar
- Tangi
See also: Balipatna sub-district · People of Khordha district
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