Census town · Sundargarh district
Panposh
Panposh 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 9,923 people in 2,236 households, down 3.0% from 10,233 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 9,923
- Literacy
- 79.0%
- Area
- 5.4 km²
- Sub-district
- Rajagangapur
- Census town code
- 384265
People and work in Panposh
- Population
- 9,923
- 5,032 male · 4,891 female
- Households
- 2,236
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 79.0%
- men 86.0% · women 71.6%below urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 972
- above urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 1,009
- People per km²
- 1,838
- Scheduled Castes
- 749 (7.5%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 5,992 (60.4%)
What the 3,371 workers did
- Cultivators399 (11.8%)
- Agricultural labourers118 (3.5%)
- Household industry78 (2.3%)
- Other work1,871 (55.5%)
- Marginal workers905 (26.8%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Panposh was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 5.4 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Rajagangapur
- Annual rainfall
- 948.35 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 47°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 500 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 80 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kansbahal (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 33 km
- Roads
- 18 km pucca, 23.5 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 2,005
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 8 (8 government, 0 private)
- Middle schools
- 4 (3 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 2 (1 government, 1 private)
- Polytechnics
- 1
Health
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 2
- Medicine shops
- 1
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
- Jalda
- Kuanrmunda
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Banaigarh
- Koida
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Rajagangapur sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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