Census town · Khordha district
Majhihara
Majhihara 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 5,598 people in 1,275 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,598
- Literacy
- 86.5%
- Area
- 187 km²
- Sub-district
- Balipatna
- Census town code
- 407707
People and work in Majhihara
- Population
- 5,598
- 2,916 male · 2,682 female
- Households
- 1,275
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.5%
- men 92.6% · women 80.1%below urban Khordha (91.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 920
- above urban Khordha (898)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 770
- People per km²
- 30
- Scheduled Castes
- 884 (15.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,805 workers did
- Cultivators35 (1.9%)
- Agricultural labourers109 (6.0%)
- Household industry153 (8.5%)
- Other work893 (49.5%)
- Marginal workers615 (34.1%)
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
- 187 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Balipatana
- Annual rainfall
- 1,614 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 46.03°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 23 km by road
- District headquarters
- Khordha, 50 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhubaneswar, 23 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 23 km
- Roads
- 7.4 km pucca, 3.5 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 315
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (5 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 3
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised 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
See also: Balipatna sub-district · People of Khordha district
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