Census town · Sundargarh district
Kuanrmunda
Kuanrmunda 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 9,043 people in 2,060 households.
- Population (2011)
- 9,043
- Literacy
- 79.6%
- Area
- 1399 km²
- Sub-district
- Biramitrapur
- Census town code
- 384373
People and work in Kuanrmunda
- Population
- 9,043
- 4,612 male · 4,431 female
- Households
- 2,060
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.6%
- men 86.1% · women 72.8%below urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 961
- above urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 951
- People per km²
- 6
- Scheduled Castes
- 836 (9.2%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 3,673 (40.6%)
What the 3,172 workers did
- Cultivators158 (5.0%)
- Agricultural labourers53 (1.7%)
- Household industry234 (7.4%)
- Other work2,227 (70.2%)
- Marginal workers500 (15.8%)
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
- 1399 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Biramitrapur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,189 mm
- Temperature range
- 6°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 540 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 100 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rourkela, 5 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 40 km
- Roads
- 10.6 km pucca, 12 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 1,121
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 7 (5 government, 2 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 4 (2 government, 2 private)
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Private banks
- 1
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Paddy
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
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Banaigarh
- Koida
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Biramitrapur sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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