Orla, Jharkhand

Orla is a census town in the Mandu CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Orla
Census Town
Orla
Location in Jharkhand, India
Orla
Orla (India)
Coordinates: 23.7187°N 85.4739°E / 23.7187; 85.4739
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictRamgarh
Area
 • Total9.977 km2 (3.852 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,809
 • Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Mandu (community development block)#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
829150
Telephone/ STD code06545
Vehicle registrationJH
Lok Sabha constituencyHazaribagh
Vidhan Sabha constituencyMandu
Websiteramgarh.nic.in

Geography

Location

Orla is located at 23.7187°N 85.4739°E / 23.7187; 85.4739.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Orla had a total population of 5,809, of which 3,015 (52%) were males and 2,794 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 782. The total number of literate persons in Orla was 3,800 (75.59% of the population over 6 years).[1]

As of 2001 India census,[2] Orla had a population of 5,871. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Orla has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 47%. In Orla, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh, Orla covered an area of 9.977 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 4 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, hand pumps, pressure tanks. It had 1,035 domestic electric connections, 10 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 5 hospitals, 5 dispensaries, 5 health centres, 5 family welfare centres, 4 maternity and child welfare centres, 8 maternity homes, 9 nursing homes, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Kuju, the nearest general degree college at Ramgarh Cantonment 20 km away. Two important commodities it produced were coal, chuna pathar. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 agricultural credit society.[3]

Transport

Orla is on the Kuju-Gidi Road.[4]

References
  1. "District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 369097, page 94. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. "District Census Handbook Ramgarh, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 227-237. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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