Census town · Sundargarh district
Koida
Koida 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 6,763 people in 1,796 households, up 35.2% from 5,002 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,763
- Literacy
- 73.5%
- Area
- 10.83 km²
- Sub-district
- Koida
- Census town code
- 384803
People and work in Koida
- Population
- 6,763
- 3,720 male · 3,043 female
- Households
- 1,796
- about 3.8 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 73.5%
- men 81.9% · women 62.8%below urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 818
- below urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,017
- People per km²
- 624
- Scheduled Castes
- 643 (9.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 2,783 (41.2%)
What the 2,616 workers did
- Cultivators7 (0.3%)
- Agricultural labourers9 (0.3%)
- Household industry4 (0.2%)
- Other work2,406 (92.0%)
- Marginal workers190 (7.3%)
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 Koida was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 10.83 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Koida
- Annual rainfall
- 1,660 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 41°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 522 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 222 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barsuan, 14 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 35 km
- Roads
- 8.5 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Barbil, 35 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,215
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 2
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Co-operative banks
- 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
- Jalda
- Panposh
- Kuanrmunda
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Banaigarh
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Koida sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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