Notified Area Council · Rayagada district
Gudari
Gudari is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Rayagada district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,931 people in 1,696 households, up 1.2% from 6,849 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,931
- Literacy
- 81.2%
- Area
- 6.47 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 11
- Sub-district
- Gudari
- LGD body code
- 250563
People and work in Gudari
- Population
- 6,931
- 3,479 male · 3,452 female
- Households
- 1,696
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 81.2%
- men 89.3% · women 73.1%above urban Rayagada (78.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 992
- above urban Rayagada (981)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 960
- People per km²
- 1,071
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,502 (21.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 719 (10.4%)
What the 2,496 workers did
- Cultivators113 (4.5%)
- Agricultural labourers72 (2.9%)
- Household industry109 (4.4%)
- Other work1,810 (72.5%)
- Marginal workers392 (15.7%)
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 1971
Census counts for each decade in which Gudari was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 6.47 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Gudari
- Annual rainfall
- 1,351.96 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 41.6°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 342 km by road
- District headquarters
- Rayagada, 80 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rayagada, 40 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Berhampur, 163 km
- Roads
- 20 km pucca, 45 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 724
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 13 (12 government, 1 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 6 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 8
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 1
- Reading rooms
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Paddy, Oil
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: Gudari sub-district · People of Rayagada district
Town status is as of the 2011 census; the Local Government Directory lists Gudari as a notified area council (December 2022). Know the town's history, landmarks or festivals? Share it with us.