This is a list of cities by population, as listed in the 2011 Census of India in the Indian state of Odisha:
State rankCountry rank Name DistrictType*Population 2011MaleFemaleLiteracy rate0158Bhubaneswar Khordha districtMunicipal Corporation 881,988468,302413,68693.000273Cuttack Cuttack districtMunicipal Corporation 658,986331,246327,74091.030381Raurkela Sundargarh districtMunicipal Corporation 552,970291,027261,94392.0104127Berhampur Ganjam districtMunicipal Corporation 355,823185,584170,23990.0405135Sambalpur Sambalpur districtMunicipal Corporation 335,761172,80616295585.6906228Puri Puri districtMunicipality 201,026104,26796,75989.3807407Balasore Balasore districtMunicipality 144,37373,72170,65286.5808446Baripada Mayurbhanj districtMunicipality 116,87460,53556,33988.0209456Bhadrak Bhadrak districtMunicipality 107,46355,09052,37381.21 Population, City= 1Lakh+ population, Town= 20 Thousand+ Population
List of urban agglomerations of Odisha In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration has been defined as follows:
"An Urban Agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OG), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An urban agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."
Urban agglomeration constituents Urban agglomeration constituents with a population 2011 Census are shown in the table below.
Urban agglomeration Name of constituent DistrictType*Population 2011MaleFemalePopulation below 5 yrsLiteracy rateBhubaneswarBhubaneswar townKhordha districtM Corp.837,737445,233392,50475,23793.15CuttackCuttackCuttack districtM Corp.606,007303,530302,47748,58591.17RourkelaRourkela industrial townshipSundergarh districtIT210,412109,823100,58920,39986.60Rourkela citySundergarh districtM Corp.273,217144,949128,26829,05087.95SambalpurSambalpur townSambalpur districtM Corp.269,575138,826130,74927,51085.69PuriPuri townPuri districtM201,026104,26796,75917,00089.38BalasoreBalasore townBalasore districtM118,20260,30857,89411,11588.79BaripadaBaripada townMayurbhanj districtM110,05857,00853,0509,93389.31BalangirBalangir townBalangir districtM98,23850,582476561024877.27
Abbreviations: M Corp.= municipal corporation, M= municipality, NAC= notified area committee, CT = census town, IT= industrial town, OG= outgrowth
Constituents The constituents of urban agglomerations in Odisha, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below: Bhubaneswar Urban Agglomeration includes: Bhubaneswar Town (M Corp.), Industrial & Colony Area (OG), Patrapada (OG), Sijua (OG), Ransinghapur (OG), Sarakantara (OG), Bahadalpur (OG), Ebaranga (OG), Raghunathpur (OG), Kalarahanga (OG), Injana (OG), Rokat (OG), Kesora (OG), Koradakanta (OG), and Bankual (OG). Cuttack Urban Agglomeration includes: Cuttack (M Corp.), Choudwar Town (M), and Industrial Area (OG) Rourkela Urban Agglomeration includes: Rourkela Industrial Township (IT), I.D.L. Factory & Other Colony Area (OG), Rourkela Town (M corp.), Kalunga Industrial Estate & Other Colony Area (OG), Jalda Town (CT) Berhampur Urban Agglomeration includes: Berhampur (M Crop.), Gopalpur (NAC) and Chatrapur (NAC),Kukudakandi (NAC),Kanisi(OG), Ankushpur (OG)and nearby Villages and Panchayats which have a large number of population but not included in BeMC. Puri Urban Agglomeration includes: Puri(M), Puri Sadar (OG) and Konark (NAC) Paradeep Urban Agglomeration includes: Udachandrapur (OG), Chauliapalanda (OG), Sandhakuda (OG), Bijayachandrapur(OG) and Bhitaragarh (OG) Sambalpur Urban Agglomeration includes: Sambalpur Town (M), Dhankauda & Mathapali Area (OG), Burla Town (NAC), Amsadha Katapali Area (OG), and Hirakud Town (NAC) Balasore Urban Agglomeration includes: Baleshwar Town (M), Baleshwar Industrial Estate (OG), and Remuna Town (NAC) Bhadrak Urban Agglomeration includes: Bhadrak (M), Randia (OG), Sarmanga (OG), Koranta (OG), Boudhpur (OG), Samaraipur (OG), Erei Town (CT) Baripada Urban Agglomeration includes: Baripada Town (M), Podaastia Business Center Area (OG), Subarnarekha Irrigation Project Colony (OG), and Indupahi (OG) Balangir Urban Agglomeration includes: Balangir Town (M), Loishingha (NAC), Deogaon (OG), Lower Sukhtel Project Colony (OG), Sadaepali (OG), and Khaliapali (OG) Bargarh Urban Agglomeration includes: Bargarh Town (M), Khedapali (OG), Ambapali (OG), Barahguda (OG), Tora (OG), and Ruhunia (OG)
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