Census town · Koraput district
Kurumuli
Kurumuli 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 8,504 people in 2,240 households.
- Population (2011)
- 8,504
- Literacy
- 69.9%
- Area
- 1276 km²
- Sub-district
- Damonjodi
- Census town code
- 429995
People and work in Kurumuli
- Population
- 8,504
- 4,372 male · 4,132 female
- Households
- 2,240
- about 3.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 69.9%
- men 80.6% · women 58.6%below urban Koraput (81.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 945
- below urban Koraput (966)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 957
- People per km²
- 7
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,948 (22.9%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,425 (16.8%)
What the 3,424 workers did
- Cultivators640 (18.7%)
- Agricultural labourers17 (0.5%)
- Household industry181 (5.3%)
- Other work2,214 (64.7%)
- Marginal workers372 (10.9%)
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
- 1276 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
- 525 km by road
- District headquarters
- Koraput, 38 km
- Nearest railway station
- Damanjodi (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Visakapatanam, 80 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 1 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 4,000
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 12 beds
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 6
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Public libraries
- 1
- Reading rooms
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 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 Koraput
See also: Damonjodi sub-district · People of Koraput district
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