Census town · Koraput district
Boriguma
Boriguma 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 Koraput district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 9,785 people in 2,461 households.
- Population (2011)
- 9,785
- Literacy
- 72.8%
- Area
- 9.31 km²
- Sub-district
- Boriguma
- Census town code
- 428283
People and work in Boriguma
- Population
- 9,785
- 4,917 male · 4,868 female
- Households
- 2,461
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 72.8%
- men 79.5% · women 66.0%below urban Koraput (81.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 990
- above urban Koraput (966)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 945
- People per km²
- 1,051
- Scheduled Castes
- 921 (9.4%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,381 (24.3%)
What the 3,194 workers did
- Cultivators168 (5.3%)
- Agricultural labourers171 (5.4%)
- Household industry31 (1.0%)
- Other work2,289 (71.7%)
- Marginal workers535 (16.8%)
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
- 9.31 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Boriguma
- Annual rainfall
- 1,326.89 mm
- Temperature range
- 3°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 553 km by road
- District headquarters
- Koraput, 44 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jeypore, 18 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Jagdalpore, 60 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 10 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,109
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 6 (5 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 5, 16 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 6
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 2
- Medicine shops
- 7
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Public libraries
- 4
- Reading rooms
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 4
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 Koraput
See also: Boriguma sub-district · People of Koraput district
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