Census town · Khordha district
Dungamal
Dungamal 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 6,271 people in 1,051 households, up 1.0% from 6,207 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,271
- Literacy
- 92.9%
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- Sub-district
- Balugaon
- Census town code
- 408299
People and work in Dungamal
- Population
- 6,271
- 4,289 male · 1,982 female
- Households
- 1,051
- about 6.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 92.9%
- men 96.9% · women 83.7%above urban Khordha (91.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 462
- below urban Khordha (898)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 841
- People per km²
- 3,484
- Scheduled Castes
- 424 (6.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 139 (2.2%)
What the 3,735 workers did
- Cultivators113 (3.0%)
- Agricultural labourers46 (1.2%)
- Household industry23 (0.6%)
- Other work3,179 (85.1%)
- Marginal workers374 (10.0%)
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 Dungamal was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Balugaon
- Annual rainfall
- 1,464 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 42.1°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 100 km by road
- District headquarters
- Khordha, 70 km
- Nearest railway station
- Naval Chhaka (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 100 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 20 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 350
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 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
See also: Balugaon sub-district · People of Khordha district
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