Industrial township · Sundargarh district
Raurkela
Raurkela is an industrial township, administered by the industrial undertaking rather than an elected council, in Sundargarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 2,10,317 people in 47,970 households, up 1.8% from 2,06,693 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 2,10,317
- Literacy
- 85.5%
- Area
- 99 km²
- Wards (2011)
- 20
- Sub-district
- Raurkela (ITS)P.S.
- Census town code
- 801820
People and work in Raurkela
- Population
- 2,10,317
- 1,09,333 male · 1,00,984 female
- Households
- 47,970
- about 4.4 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.5%
- men 90.3% · women 80.3%about the same as urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 924
- about the same as urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 899
- People per km²
- 2,124
- Scheduled Castes
- 30,315 (14.4%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 39,028 (18.6%)
What the 69,360 workers did
- Cultivators372 (0.5%)
- Agricultural labourers472 (0.7%)
- Household industry1,490 (2.1%)
- Other work58,081 (83.7%)
- Marginal workers8,945 (12.9%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Including its outgrowths — built-up areas next to the town that the census counts with it — Raurkela had 2,16,410 people in 2011.
Population since 1961
Census counts for each decade in which Raurkela was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 99 km²
- Population class
- Class I
- Community development block
- Rourkela
- Annual rainfall
- 1,650 mm
- Temperature range
- 6.8°C to 46.2°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 540 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 110 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rourkela (in the town)
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 8 km
- Roads
- 400 km pucca, 130 km kutcha
- Fire station
- In the town
- Homes with electricity connections
- 26,000
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 78 (33 government, 45 private)
- Middle schools
- 54 (27 government, 27 private)
- Secondary schools
- 40 (22 government, 18 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 15 (4 government, 11 private)
- Degree colleges
- 5
- Medical colleges
- 1
- Engineering colleges
- 3
- Management institutes
- 15
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 2, 721 beds
- Hospitals (other systems)
- 5
- Dispensaries and health centres
- 9
- Nursing homes
- 1
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 5
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 113
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 27
- Private banks
- 2
- Cinema halls
- 2
- Public libraries
- 5
- Reading rooms
- 15
- Auditoriums / community halls
- 44
- Stadiums
- 2
- Main manufactured products
- Steel, Pipe, Power Plant
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
- Rajagangapur
- Sundargarh
- Biramitrapur
- Jalda
- Panposh
- Kuanrmunda
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Banaigarh
- Koida
- Tensa
- O.C.L.
See also: Raurkela (ITS)P.S. sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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