Census town · Nayagarh district
Chandapur
Chandapur 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 Nayagarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 5,565 people in 1,124 households, up 5.8% from 5,260 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 5,565
- Literacy
- 83.4%
- Area
- 2.75 km²
- Sub-district
- Ranapur
- Census town code
- 406975
People and work in Chandapur
- Population
- 5,565
- 2,867 male · 2,698 female
- Households
- 1,124
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.4%
- men 89.4% · women 77.1%below urban Nayagarh (87.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 941
- above urban Nayagarh (916)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,007
- People per km²
- 2,024
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,343 (24.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1 (0.0%)
What the 1,775 workers did
- Cultivators41 (2.3%)
- Agricultural labourers11 (0.6%)
- Household industry48 (2.7%)
- Other work1,430 (80.6%)
- Marginal workers245 (13.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 2001
Census counts for each decade in which Chandapur was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 2.75 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Ranpur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,234 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 65 km by road
- District headquarters
- Nayagarh, 46 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaluparaghat, 8 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 65 km
- Roads
- 10 km pucca, 40 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Tangi, 2 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 686
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (3 government, 4 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (0 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 22 beds
- TB clinics
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 15
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Public libraries
- 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 Nayagarh
See also: Ranapur sub-district · People of Nayagarh district
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