Census town · Nayagarh district
Ranapurgada
Ranapurgada 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 10,001 people in 2,162 households.
- Population (2011)
- 10,001
- Literacy
- 84.5%
- Area
- 1.95 km²
- Sub-district
- Ranapur
- Census town code
- 406977
People and work in Ranapurgada
- Population
- 10,001
- 5,152 male · 4,849 female
- Households
- 2,162
- about 4.6 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.5%
- men 90.6% · women 78.0%below urban Nayagarh (87.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 941
- above urban Nayagarh (916)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 842
- People per km²
- 5,129
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,058 (10.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 31 (0.3%)
What the 2,986 workers did
- Cultivators72 (2.4%)
- Agricultural labourers123 (4.1%)
- Household industry147 (4.9%)
- Other work2,362 (79.1%)
- Marginal workers282 (9.4%)
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
- 1.95 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Ranpur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,648 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 46°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 75 km by road
- District headquarters
- Nayagarh, 30 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalupadaghata, 24 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Nayagarh, 30 km
- Roads
- 10 km pucca, 5 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 990
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 9 (7 government, 2 private)
- Middle schools
- 9 (7 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 40 beds
- TB clinics
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 15
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 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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