Notified Area Council · Sambalpur district
Hirakud
Hirakud is a notified area council (NAC), the urban local body for smaller towns in Odisha, in Sambalpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 30,207 people in 6,963 households, up 14.4% from 26,394 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 30,207
- Literacy
- 84.0%
- Area
- 17.6 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 17
- Sub-district
- Hirakud
- Census town code
- 801810
People and work in Hirakud
- Population
- 30,207
- 15,698 male · 14,509 female
- Households
- 6,963
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 84.0%
- men 90.4% · women 77.1%about the same as urban Sambalpur (84.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 924
- below urban Sambalpur (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 903
- People per km²
- 1,716
- Scheduled Castes
- 8,071 (26.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3,986 (13.2%)
What the 10,640 workers did
- Cultivators254 (2.4%)
- Agricultural labourers116 (1.1%)
- Household industry383 (3.6%)
- Other work8,515 (80.0%)
- Marginal workers1,372 (12.9%)
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 Hirakud was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 17.6 km²
- Population class
- Class III
- Community development block
- Dhankunda
- Annual rainfall
- 1,492.4 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 42°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 328 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sambalpur, 16 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sambalpur, 16 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 16 km
- Roads
- 75 km pucca, 11.52 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 4,166
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 17 (15 government, 2 private)
- Middle schools
- 10 (8 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 20 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 2
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Public libraries
- 2
- Reading rooms
- 2
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Aluminium
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: Hirakud sub-district · People of Sambalpur district
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