Census town · Rayagada district
Bishamakatak
Bishamakatak 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 Rayagada district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 8,399 people in 1,958 households, up 1729.8% from 459 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 8,399
- Literacy
- 85.5%
- Area
- 4.6 km²
- Sub-district
- Bishamakatak
- Census town code
- 425462
People and work in Bishamakatak
- Population
- 8,399
- 4,280 male · 4,119 female
- Households
- 1,958
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.5%
- men 92.0% · women 78.9%above urban Rayagada (78.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 962
- below urban Rayagada (981)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 900
- People per km²
- 1,826
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,572 (18.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 441 (5.3%)
What the 3,113 workers did
- Cultivators112 (3.6%)
- Agricultural labourers22 (0.7%)
- Household industry69 (2.2%)
- Other work2,313 (74.3%)
- Marginal workers597 (19.2%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Bishamakatak was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 4.6 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Bisssamcuttack
- Annual rainfall
- 1,407 mm
- Temperature range
- 6°C to 41°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 370 km by road
- District headquarters
- Rayagada, 50 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bishamakatak (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 220 km
- Roads
- 7 km pucca, 4 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 9,300
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (4 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 16 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 5
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Private banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
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 Rayagada
See also: Bishamakatak sub-district · People of Rayagada district
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