Census town · Rayagada district
Chandili
Chandili 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 18,552 people in 4,591 households, down 0.7% from 18,685 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 18,552
- Literacy
- 76.4%
- Area
- 5.17 km²
- Sub-district
- Rayagada
- Census town code
- 426511
People and work in Chandili
- Population
- 18,552
- 9,467 male · 9,085 female
- Households
- 4,591
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 76.4%
- men 85.1% · women 67.4%below urban Rayagada (78.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 960
- below urban Rayagada (981)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 883
- People per km²
- 3,588
- Scheduled Castes
- 2,992 (16.1%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,002 (10.8%)
What the 6,364 workers did
- Cultivators56 (0.9%)
- Agricultural labourers150 (2.4%)
- Household industry263 (4.1%)
- Other work4,980 (78.3%)
- Marginal workers915 (14.4%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Chandili was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 5.17 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Rayagada
- Annual rainfall
- 1,219.5 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 381 km by road
- District headquarters
- Rayagada, 12 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhpur (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 202 km
- Roads
- 15 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Rayagada, 12 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,200
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 10
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Paper
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: Rayagada sub-district · People of Rayagada district
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