Census town · Sundargarh district
Lathikata
Lathikata 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 7,405 people in 1,734 households, up 7.4% from 6,896 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 7,405
- Literacy
- 86.7%
- Area
- 5.3 km²
- Sub-district
- Lathikata
- Census town code
- 384647
People and work in Lathikata
- Population
- 7,405
- 3,913 male · 3,492 female
- Households
- 1,734
- about 4.3 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 86.7%
- men 92.0% · women 80.7%above urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 892
- below urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 835
- People per km²
- 1,397
- Scheduled Castes
- 544 (7.3%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,895 (25.6%)
What the 2,399 workers did
- Cultivators102 (4.3%)
- Agricultural labourers18 (0.8%)
- Household industry126 (5.3%)
- Other work1,609 (67.1%)
- Marginal workers544 (22.7%)
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 Lathikata was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 5.3 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Lathikata
- Annual rainfall
- 1,197 mm
- Temperature range
- 10°C to 48°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 525 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 119 km
- Nearest railway station
- Latihkata (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 15 km
- Roads
- 2.5 km pucca, 2 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Rourkela, 15 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 548
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (2 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 28 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 7
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
- Stadiums
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Bricks
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
- Banaigarh
- Koida
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Lathikata sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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