Notified Area Council · Puri district
Konark
Konark is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Puri district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 16,779 people in 3,368 households, up 39.7% from 12,013 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 16,779
- Literacy
- 76.0%
- Area
- 35.1 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 13
- Sub-district
- Konark
- LGD body code
- 250523
People and work in Konark
- Population
- 16,779
- 8,654 male · 8,125 female
- Households
- 3,368
- about 5.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 76.0%
- men 80.0% · women 71.7%below urban Puri (87.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 939
- about the same as urban Puri (931)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 960
- People per km²
- 478
- Scheduled Castes
- 3,468 (20.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 470 (2.8%)
What the 5,733 workers did
- Cultivators646 (11.3%)
- Agricultural labourers456 (8.0%)
- Household industry73 (1.3%)
- Other work3,195 (55.7%)
- Marginal workers1,363 (23.8%)
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 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Konark was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 35.1 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Gop
- Annual rainfall
- 1,629 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 46°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 65 km by road
- District headquarters
- Puri, 35 km
- Nearest railway station
- Puri, 35 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Puri, 35 km
- Roads
- 121 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 842
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 12 (7 government, 5 private)
- Middle schools
- 7 (4 government, 3 private)
- Secondary schools
- 9 (4 government, 5 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
- Engineering colleges
- 1
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 20 beds
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 9
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 5
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Stone Carving, Paddy, Coir Craft
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: Konark sub-district · People of Puri district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Konark as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.