Census town · Sundargarh district
Jalda
Jalda 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 15,789 people in 3,482 households, up 32.0% from 11,961 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 15,789
- Literacy
- 75.9%
- Area
- 1095.5 km²
- Sub-district
- Raghunathapali
- Census town code
- 384612
People and work in Jalda
- Population
- 15,789
- 7,933 male · 7,856 female
- Households
- 3,482
- about 4.5 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 75.9%
- men 84.7% · women 67.1%below urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 990
- above urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 944
- People per km²
- 14
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,614 (10.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 8,370 (53.0%)
What the 5,749 workers did
- Cultivators75 (1.3%)
- Agricultural labourers34 (0.6%)
- Household industry138 (2.4%)
- Other work4,108 (71.5%)
- Marginal workers1,394 (24.2%)
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 1981
Census counts for each decade in which Jalda was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1095.5 km²
- Population class
- Class IV
- Community development block
- Lathikata
- Annual rainfall
- 1,191 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 525 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 119 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rourkela, 12 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 12 km
- Roads
- 15 km pucca, 80 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Rourkela, 15 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,200
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 9 (5 government, 4 private)
- Middle schools
- 5 (3 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (2 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 2
Health
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 3
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Stadiums
- 1
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
- Panposh
- Kuanrmunda
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Banaigarh
- Koida
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Raghunathapali sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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