Census town · Sundargarh district
Banaigarh
Banaigarh 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 Sundargarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 7,080 people in 1,686 households.
- Population (2011)
- 7,080
- Literacy
- 87.3%
- Area
- 22 km²
- Sub-district
- Banei
- Census town code
- 385209
People and work in Banaigarh
- Population
- 7,080
- 3,696 male · 3,384 female
- Households
- 1,686
- about 4.2 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 87.3%
- men 90.5% · women 83.8%above urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 916
- about the same as urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 938
- People per km²
- 322
- Scheduled Castes
- 743 (10.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,730 (24.4%)
What the 2,703 workers did
- Cultivators126 (4.7%)
- Agricultural labourers243 (9.0%)
- Household industry81 (3.0%)
- Other work1,804 (66.7%)
- Marginal workers449 (16.6%)
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 2001
Census counts for each decade in which Banaigarh was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 22 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Bonaigarh
- Annual rainfall
- 1,610.5 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 45°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 460 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 170 km
- Nearest railway station
- Cuttack, 311 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 58 km
- Roads
- 2 km pucca, 40 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Rourkela, 70 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,008
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (4 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 30 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 1
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Paddy, Wheat, Vegitable
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 Sundargarh
- Raurkela
- Raurkela
- Rajagangapur
- Sundargarh
- Biramitrapur
- Jalda
- Panposh
- Kuanrmunda
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Koida
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Banei sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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