Census town · Koraput district
Damanjodi
Damanjodi 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 8,862 people in 2,519 households.
- Population (2011)
- 8,862
- Literacy
- 93.2%
- Area
- 12.3 km²
- Sub-district
- Damonjodi
- Census town code
- 429994
People and work in Damanjodi
- Population
- 8,862
- 4,633 male · 4,229 female
- Households
- 2,519
- about 3.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 93.2%
- men 96.4% · women 89.8%above urban Koraput (81.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 913
- below urban Koraput (966)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 885
- People per km²
- 720
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,309 (14.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,194 (13.5%)
What the 2,974 workers did
- Cultivators7 (0.2%)
- Agricultural labourers1 (0.0%)
- Household industry24 (0.8%)
- Other work2,819 (94.8%)
- Marginal workers123 (4.1%)
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
- 12.3 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Koraput
- Annual rainfall
- 1,168.35 mm
- Temperature range
- 4°C to 44°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 535 km by road
- District headquarters
- Koraput, 40 km
- Nearest railway station
- Damanjodi (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Vizayanagaram, 139 km
- Roads
- 60 km pucca, 100 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,857
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 4
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 22 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Cinema halls
- 3
- Public libraries
- 1
- Reading rooms
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 4
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Aluminium
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: Damonjodi sub-district · People of Koraput district
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