Census town · Malkangiri district
Chitrakonda
Chitrakonda 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 Malkangiri district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,725 people in 1,466 households.
- Population (2011)
- 6,725
- Literacy
- 70.4%
- Area
- 1.77 km²
- Sub-district
- Chitrakonda
- Census town code
- 430673
People and work in Chitrakonda
- Population
- 6,725
- 3,342 male · 3,383 female
- Households
- 1,466
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 70.4%
- men 79.8% · women 61.2%below urban Malkangiri (74.5%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,012
- above urban Malkangiri (925)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 992
- People per km²
- 3,799
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,812 (41.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,084 (16.1%)
What the 2,436 workers did
- Cultivators85 (3.5%)
- Agricultural labourers137 (5.6%)
- Household industry15 (0.6%)
- Other work1,876 (77.0%)
- Marginal workers323 (13.3%)
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
- 1.77 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Korukonda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,782 mm
- Temperature range
- 4°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 671 km by road
- District headquarters
- Malkangiri, 25 km
- Nearest railway station
- Koraput, 157 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Jeypore, 132 km
- Roads
- 12 km pucca, 10 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Malkangiri, 25 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 465
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (7 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 5 (1 government, 4 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 40 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Stadiums
- 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 Malkangiri
See also: Chitrakonda sub-district · People of Malkangiri district
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