Census town · Subarnapur district
Subalaya
Subalaya 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 Subarnapur district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 5,072 people in 1,229 households.
- Population (2011)
- 5,072
- Literacy
- 83.2%
- Area
- 3.29 km²
- Sub-district
- Subalaya
- Census town code
- 419524
People and work in Subalaya
- Population
- 5,072
- 2,638 male · 2,434 female
- Households
- 1,229
- about 4.1 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.2%
- men 93.2% · women 72.2%about the same as urban Subarnapur (83.0%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 923
- below urban Subarnapur (945)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,026
- People per km²
- 1,542
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,007 (19.9%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 65 (1.3%)
What the 1,899 workers did
- Cultivators84 (4.4%)
- Agricultural labourers161 (8.5%)
- Household industry676 (35.6%)
- Other work451 (23.7%)
- Marginal workers527 (27.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Place and climate
- Area
- 3.29 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Birmaharajpur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,475 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 320 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sonepur, 30 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rairakhol (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 62 km
- Roads
- 5 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Homes with electricity connections
- 565
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (4 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 6 beds
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 2
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 Subarnapur
See also: Subalaya sub-district · People of Subarnapur district
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