Notified Area Council · Sambalpur district
Burla
Burla is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Sambalpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 46,698 people in 10,419 households, up 19.1% from 39,204 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 46,698
- Literacy
- 85.7%
- Area
- 25.42 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 16
- Sub-district
- Burla
- Census town code
- 801811
People and work in Burla
- Population
- 46,698
- 23,669 male · 23,029 female
- Households
- 10,419
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.7%
- men 91.3% · women 79.9%about the same as urban Sambalpur (84.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 973
- above urban Sambalpur (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 932
- People per km²
- 1,837
- Scheduled Castes
- 12,960 (27.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 4,719 (10.1%)
What the 16,011 workers did
- Cultivators321 (2.0%)
- Agricultural labourers467 (2.9%)
- Household industry385 (2.4%)
- Other work13,303 (83.1%)
- Marginal workers1,535 (9.6%)
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 1961
Census counts for each decade in which Burla was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 25.42 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Dhankanda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,492.4 mm
- Temperature range
- 7°C to 46°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 334 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sambalpur, 17 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hirakud Road, 12 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 17 km
- Roads
- 70 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 5,320
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 25 (12 government, 13 private)
- Middle schools
- 8 (4 government, 4 private)
- Secondary schools
- 7 (3 government, 4 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 3
- Medical colleges
- 1
- Engineering colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 772 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 25
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Cinema halls
- 1
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 7
- Stadiums
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Rice, Dal, Groundnut
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 Sambalpur
See also: Burla sub-district · People of Sambalpur district
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