Census town · Puri district
Birapratappur
Birapratappur 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 Puri district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 4,708 people in 958 households.
- Population (2011)
- 4,708
- Literacy
- 84.5%
- Area
- 4.78 km²
- Sub-district
- Chandanpur
- Census town code
- 409802
People and work in Birapratappur
- Population
- 4,708
- 2,421 male · 2,287 female
- Households
- 958
- about 4.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.5%
- men 90.5% · women 78.2%below urban Puri (87.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 945
- above urban Puri (931)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,068
- People per km²
- 985
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,003 (21.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1 (0.0%)
What the 1,814 workers did
- Cultivators53 (2.9%)
- Agricultural labourers105 (5.8%)
- Household industry125 (6.9%)
- Other work754 (41.6%)
- Marginal workers777 (42.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 4.78 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Puri Sadar
- Annual rainfall
- 1,200 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 43°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 66 km by road
- District headquarters
- Puri, 13 km
- Nearest railway station
- Puri, 13 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Puri, 13 km
- Roads
- 2 km pucca, 3 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Puri, 13 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 903
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private 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 Puri
See also: Chandanpur sub-district · People of Puri district
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