having longitude 86° 34' and latitude 20° 33' of Odisha state. The geographical area of this ULB is 24 sq. This ULB is subdivide in to 20 Political wards having 17 revenue villages for providing better administration to the public. This ULB is governed by Local body under the chairmanship of Smt. Baijayantimala Lenka since 30th Sept 2014. The river Brahmani is passing by th
e side of this ULB and flood water of this river has been inundating over 50% geographical area of this ULB every year. This ULB also comes under the purview of cyclonic zone. So the residence of this ULB suffer a lot due to natural calamity every year. The entire ULB area is situated over 17 Revenue Villages consisting 20 nos. of Council Wards as noted below: -
Sl. Name of the Revenue Villages
1 1 & 2 Sandhapalli
2 3 & 4 Tanupur
3 5 & 6 Kasananta
4 7 Balipara (Part) Baladevnagar
5 8 Balipara (Part)
6 9 Nuagaon, Kakudipalli
7 10 & 11 Pattamundai
8 12 Baktarpur
9 13 Praharajpur, Pokhariapara (Part)
10 14 Pokhariapara (Part)
11 15 Alva
12 16 Matia (Part)
13 17 Matia (Part)
14 18 Tatana, Dakhiridia
15 19 Baltal (Part)
16 20 Beltal (part), Bandhapara
The total population of this Municipality is 37527 as per 2011 Census and out of that more than 35% are S.C and 4513 BPL Holdings as per 2003 survey. Population Persons Males Females
Total 37,527 19,049 18,479
In the age group 0-6 years 4,124 2,197 1,917
Scheduled Castes (SC) 11,199 5,696 5,503
Scheduled Tribes (ST) 17 9 8
Literates 28,756 15,232 13,524
Illiterate 8,771 3,317 5,454
Total Worker 12,312 10,175 2,137
Main Worker 10,057 9,247 810
Main Worker - Cultivator 1,550 1,458 92
Main Worker - Agricultural Labourers 1,129 974 155
Main Worker - Household Industries 75 60 15
Main Worker - Other 7,303 6,755 548
Marginal Worker 2,255 928 1,327
Marginal Worker - Cultivator 522 148 374
Marginal Worker - Agriculture Labourers 1,084 436 648
Marginal Worker - Household Industries 80 22 58
Marginal Workers - Other 569 322 247
Marginal Worker (3-6 Months) 1,791 737 1,054
Marginal Worker - Cultivator (3-6 Months) 448 126 322
Marginal Worker - Agriculture Labourers (3-6 Months) 791 297 494
Marginal Worker - Household Industries (3-6 Months) 62 21 41
Marginal Worker - Other (3-6 Months) 490 293 197
Marginal Worker (0-3 Months) 464 191 273
Marginal Worker - Cultivator (0-3 Months) 74 22 52
Marginal Worker - Agriculture Labourers (0-3 Months) 293 139 154
Marginal Worker - Household Industries (0-3 Months) 18 1 17
Marginal Worker - Other Workers (0-3 Months) 79 29 50
Non Worker 24,216 8,374 15,842
The basic information relating to this Municipality is as follows: -
1 Total No. of Holdings 7276
2 No. of Government Hospital 1
3 Total No. of Wards 20
(a) S.C. representative 6 (Men-2+ Women-4)
(b) S.T. (Women) representative 1 (Vacant )
© OBC/SEBC/B.B.C. representative 6(Male -3 + Female-3)
(d) Unreserved representative 7 (Men-2+ Women-5)
4 Length of Road under NAC 289.5 Kms.
5 No. of Slums 21
6 BPL Population/Holding( as per 2003 survey) 18052/4513
7 No. of Slum Householders 1,696
8 No. of Educational Institutions 35
(a) Nodal Primary School 24
(b) Public School 5
(c) High School 4
(d) College 2
9 No. of Homeopathic Dispensary Nil
10 No. of Sulabha Souchalaya 1
11 No. of Major Industries Nil
12 No. of Medium / Small Scale Industries 1
13 No. of Bank 12
14 No. of Police Station 1
Charge:
Sri Bijaya Krushna Nayak is working as Executive Officer since 06.07.2015
