Census town · Sambalpur district
Rengali
Rengali 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 Sambalpur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 10,867 people in 2,529 households, up 25.2% from 8,682 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 10,867
- Literacy
- 79.0%
- Area
- 1254 km²
- Sub-district
- Rengali
- Census town code
- 381702
People and work in Rengali
- Population
- 10,867
- 5,583 male · 5,284 female
- Households
- 2,529
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.0%
- men 87.1% · women 70.4%below urban Sambalpur (84.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 946
- about the same as urban Sambalpur (948)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 907
- People per km²
- 9
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,308 (12.0%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3,409 (31.4%)
What the 5,126 workers did
- Cultivators168 (3.3%)
- Agricultural labourers253 (4.9%)
- Household industry912 (17.8%)
- Other work2,524 (49.2%)
- Marginal workers1,269 (24.8%)
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 Rengali was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1254 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Rengali
- Annual rainfall
- 1,457 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 350 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sambalpur, 25 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rengali (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 25 km
- Roads
- 15.5 km pucca, 50 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,314
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (7 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 25 beds
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 8
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 3
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Rice
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: Rengali sub-district · People of Sambalpur district
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