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Census town · Sundargarh district

Hatibandha

Hatibandha 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 8,938 people in 2,015 households, down 3.9% from 9,297 in 2001.

Population (2011)
8,938
Literacy
81.7%
Area
3.29 km²
Sub-district
Raghunathapali
Census town code
384613

People and work in Hatibandha

Population
8,938
4,625 male · 4,313 female
Households
2,015
about 4.4 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
81.7%
men 88.5% · women 74.4%below urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
Females per 1,000 males
933
above urban Sundargarh (917)
Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
935
People per km²
2,717
Scheduled Castes
634 (7.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
3,773 (42.2%)

What the 3,100 workers did

  • Cultivators21 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural labourers12 (0.4%)
  • Household industry69 (2.2%)
  • Other work2,510 (81.0%)
  • Marginal workers488 (15.7%)

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 Hatibandha was counted as a town (L = lakh).

Place and climate

Area
3.29 km²
Population class
Class V
Community development block
Lathikata
Annual rainfall
1,193 mm
Temperature range
8°C to 48°C
Distance to Bhubaneswar
521 km by road
District headquarters
Sundargarh, 114 km
Nearest railway station
Rourkela, 13 km
Nearest city of 1 lakh+
Rourkela, 13 km
Roads
4 km pucca, 11 km kutcha
Fire station
Nearest at Rourkela, 13 km
Homes with electricity connections
816

Schools and colleges

Primary schools
4 (2 government, 2 private)
Middle schools
3 (3 government, 0 private)
Secondary schools
3 (1 government, 2 private)

Health

Dispensaries and health centres
2
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 Sundargarh

See also: Raghunathapali sub-district · People of Sundargarh district

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