Census town · Nayagarh district
Odagaon
Odagaon 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 5,401 people in 1,240 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,401
- Literacy
- 87.9%
- Area
- 3.1 km²
- Sub-district
- Odagaon
- Census town code
- 406632
People and work in Odagaon
- Population
- 5,401
- 2,821 male · 2,580 female
- Households
- 1,240
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 87.9%
- men 92.9% · women 82.6%about the same as urban Nayagarh (87.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 915
- about the same as urban Nayagarh (916)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 746
- People per km²
- 1,742
- Scheduled Castes
- 403 (7.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 8 (0.1%)
What the 1,827 workers did
- Cultivators140 (7.7%)
- Agricultural labourers111 (6.1%)
- Household industry66 (3.6%)
- Other work1,250 (68.4%)
- Marginal workers260 (14.2%)
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
- 3.1 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Odagaon
- Annual rainfall
- 1,493 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 46°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 112 km by road
- District headquarters
- Nayagarh, 27 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khordha, 100 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Bhubaneswar, 112 km
- Roads
- 30 km pucca, 12 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Nayagarh, 27 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,275
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 10 beds
- Nursing homes
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 8
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Public libraries
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Stone Deities, Wooden Furnitures
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: Odagaon sub-district · People of Nayagarh district
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