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Census town · Nayagarh district

Kunjabangarh

Kunjabangarh 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 6,906 people in 1,593 households.

Population (2011)
6,906
Literacy
86.3%
Area
5.09 km²
Sub-district
Dasapalla
Census town code
405611

People and work in Kunjabangarh

Population
6,906
3,691 male · 3,215 female
Households
1,593
about 4.3 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
86.3%
men 92.2% · women 79.6%below urban Nayagarh (87.8%)
Females per 1,000 males
871
below urban Nayagarh (916)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
867
People per km²
1,357
Scheduled Castes
596 (8.6%)
Scheduled Tribes
218 (3.2%)

What the 2,125 workers did

  • Cultivators66 (3.1%)
  • Agricultural labourers163 (7.7%)
  • Household industry25 (1.2%)
  • Other work1,398 (65.8%)
  • Marginal workers473 (22.3%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).

Population since 2001

Census counts for each decade in which Kunjabangarh was counted as a town (L = lakh).

Place and climate

Area
5.09 km²
Population class
Class V
Community development block
Daspalla
Annual rainfall
1,660.5 mm
Temperature range
9°C to 46°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar
130 km by road
District headquarters
Nayagarh, 40 km
Nearest railway station
Khordha Road, 115 km
Nearest city of 1 lakh+
Nayagarh, 40 km
Roads
15.2 km pucca, 9 km kutcha
Fire station
In the town
Homes with electricity connections
914

Schools and colleges

Primary schools
5 (3 government, 2 private)
Middle schools
4 (2 government, 2 private)
Secondary schools
3 (2 government, 1 private)
Senior secondary schools
1 (1 government, 0 private)
Degree colleges
1

Health

Hospitals (allopathic)
1, 50 beds
Hospitals (other systems)
3
Dispensaries and health centres
1
Family welfare centres
1
Veterinary hospitals
1
Medicine shops
14

Banks, culture and products

Nationalised banks
1
Co-operative banks
1
Main manufactured products
Leather Goods

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: Dasapalla sub-district · People of Nayagarh district

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