BERHAMPUR

City Profile

 The city's official

Sanskrit name was,
Brahmapur which
etymologically means
The Abode of Lord
Brahma.
Berhampur town
belongs to the Ganjam
district of the state of
Odisha and is the
most populous town of
the district.
The district is named
after the Old Township
and European fort of
Ganjam, situated on
the northern bank of
river Rushikulya which

Introduction

Location
o 19.32N latitude and 84.78E
longitude
o Vast cultivable plains surround it.
The entire plain is bounded in the
West and North by a range of
hillocks containing Granite rocks
o Berhampur is located at an altitude
of 24 M above mean sea level.
o The area, as per seismic records
available, is less prone to natural
hazards like Earthquake, Volcano
eruption and Tsunami. But, it is
very vulnerable to cyclones which
generally occur during June to
October

o Throughout the year high humidity prevails in the

atmosphere in the city
o Maximum summer temperature is 40 C whereas
minimum winter temperature is 22 C.
o May is the hottest month of the year whereas
December is the coldest.
o The period from June to September marks the SouthWest monsoon and 70% of annual precipitation is
received during this period

Number of Households
Total Population
Male Population
Female Population
Population in the age group of 0-6

74720
356598
185754
170844
32174

Male ( in age group 0-6)

Female ( in age group 0-6)
SC Population
SC- Male
SC- Female
ST Population
ST- Male
ST- Female
Literates Population
Literates- Male
Literates- Female
Major religion- Hindu

16848
15326
35137
17644
17493
3070
1661
1409
289590
156787
132803
96.48%
Source: Census of India, 2011

Area and
Population

Berhampur Area

400000

Decadal Population Growth

355823

350000

76.15

79.8

82.06

307792

86.82
300000
250000

210418

Population
200000

162550

150000

117662

100000

29.27
22.27

37750
50000
25729 31456 32731
0

Column2

43536

62344

76931

BeMC has 40 municipal wards under its jurisdication with an

area of 79.80 sq. km.

Population in Different Wards

Ward Wise Population-2011

Connectivity

Roadways
Connected with NH5
(Chennai-Kolkata), NH-59
(Gopalpur- Nauparha) and
NH-217 ( Gopalpur-Raipur)
385Kms of street.
Causes of NH 217 inside city
Poor street, Inefficient traffic
management, Inadequate
and disorganized Street
furniture
No Parking facilities
Narrow roads leaving to no
foot path

Railways
Express and super-fast
trains have their stoppage
at Berhampur.
The Howrah-Chennai
Railway line of SouthEastern Railway passes
through the city.
Well connected in and
around Odisha.
One of the important Rail
head on the East coast
Railway line.

Airways
Nearest Airports is
Biju Patnaik Airport
in Bhubaneswar.
Rangeilunda Air
Strip is located at
about 9Kms east of
the city adjacent to
Berampur Univ.

Waterways
The city is served by
two
ports,GopalpurPort
and a new satellite port
at the Bahuda Mouth
(Muhan).
These ports are
operated byParadip
Port Trust (PPT).

Land-Use in Berhampur

Map

ailed Representation of Land-Us

Sl. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

Category
Residential
Residential EWS
Commercial
Commercial CBD
Institutional
Industrial
Green open
Green CBD
Govt. utility
Govt. use
Mix land use 50M
Cantonment area
Transport communication
Road
Railline 30M
Rail Station
Airport
Hill
Beach
Sea
Mining
Waterbody
TOTAL

Area (in sq. km.)

161.63
11.61
2.12
1.35
6.71
22.97
38.92
2.39
1.75
0.20
2.30
3.58
7.06
25.45
1.31
0.15
3.61
3.77
4.65
1.03
1.71
17.37
320.61

% to total
50.41
3.62
0.66
0.42
2.09
7.17
11.82
0.75
0.55
0.06
0.72
1.12
2.20
7.94
0.41
0.05
1.13
1.17
1.45
0.32
0.53
5.42
100

Economic Characteristic

 It is a major State
level trading centre for
spices, tamarind and
cloth, etc.
famous for the
manufacture of
various types of Patto
sarees and Bamboo
straw products.
Indian Rare Earth
Limited(IREL) is the
major industry within
BDPA.

 There are many small

scale industries dealing
in the manufacture of
electrical and electronic
equipment, food and
allied sectors,
engineering works,
pharmaceuticals,
plastics, repairing and
servicing, cement
based industry, etc.
Berhampur demands
nationwide acceptance
and is much celebrated
for its silk
It is the hub for trade
commerce overseas

Sl.
No.

Occupation

1
1.
2
3
4

5
6
7

8
9
10

2
Cultivators
Agricultural
labourers
Livestock, forestry
fishing etc.
Mining & quarrying
Primary sector
Household industry
Other than
household industry
Construction
Secondary sector
Trade & commerce
Transport, Storage &
communication
Other services
Tertiary
Total Main workers
Marginal workers
Total workers
Non-workers
Total population

2011
% to
Total
Workers
7
4.03

% to Total
Population

8
1.48

4.56

1.68

2.23
0.03
10.85
9.86

0.82
0.01
3.99
3.62

9.64
5.34
24.84
21.78

3.54
1.96
9.12
8.00

6.21
20.79
48.78
84.47
15.53
100.00
-

2.28
7.64
17.92
31.03
5.70
36.74
63.26
100.00

BDA
Berhampur Development Authority
constituted on 26th July 1993.
BDA functions
Authorities Act.

under

the

Orissa

(BDA)

was

Development

Development Authority has

The Brahmapur
jurisdiction over the areas under the Municipal
Corporation of Brahmapur, Notified Area Council of
Gopalpur and Chatrapur with 139 villages (84 urban
+ 55 rural villages).
The total area under BDA Brahmapur is 320.61 Sq.
Kms.
About 6,07,914 people live in BDA area as per the
2011 Census.

Roles and Responsibility

To plan and facilitate orderly growth of the urban and
suburban area
To acquire, hold, manage, develop and dispose of lands
for industrial, residential, commercial, transport
To provide for coordinated development of commercial,
civic, transport and administrative centres to function
as multi-level focal points of urban and suburban areas
To provide for adequate level of services and amenities
to meet the increasing demand on infrastructures

rhampur Municipal Corporati

Election Results
IND; 3%
CONGRESS; 38%
BJD; 60%

Ward No.

Ruling Political Party

Independent

4,5,6,10,13,15,20,21,22,26,29,30,33
,34,39
1,2,7,8,9,11,12,14,16,17,18,19,23,2
4,25,27,28,31,32,35,36,37,38,40

Congress
BJD

es and Responsibilities of Be
Storm water drainage
Birth and death registration;
Conservancy services and solid waste management
Prevention of food adulteration
Preventive health care
Construction and maintenance of roads, drains and markets;
Parks and plantation
Slum improvement and urban community development; and
Street lighting and removal of encroachments
Poverty alleviation

ganisational Structure of BeM

ifferent Committees at BeMC

Standing Committees
No.
I

Areas
Standing Committee for Taxation, Finance and
Accounts

II

Standing Committee for Public Health, Electric

Supply, Water Supply, Drainage and
Environment

III

Standing Committee for Public Work

IV

Standing Committee for Planning and

Development
Standing Committee for Education, Recreation
and Culture

V
VI

Standing Committee for Licenses and Appeals

VII

Standing Committee for Contracts

VIII

Standing Committee for Corporation

Establishment
Standing Committee for Grievances and Social
Justice

IX

Staff in BMC

Staff Shortage: - This

Municipal Corporation is
experiencing acute
shortage of staff. At
present around 253
posts are lying vacant.
As a result day-to-day
official work is being
hampered, as most of
the fields as well as
clerical staff are overburdened with work

840

587

253

Municipal Finance-Revenue
Sl.
No.

Heads

Tax of Revenue

2
3
4

Assigned Revenues and

Compensation
Rental Income from Municipal
Properties
Fees and User Charges

Miscellaneous

Extra Ordinary and Debt

Government Grant

Amount (in
Rs.)

2014-15 Receipts

33905569
Tax of Revenue

193467000

2% 9%

18216221

1%
2%
0%
19%

1391619627

Fees and User Charges

Extra Ordinary and Debt

68%

383050970

Rental Income from

Municipal Properties
Miscellaneous

35084905.5
1630917

Assigned Revenues and

Compensation

Government Grant

Revenue from Tax

2014-15 Tax Revenue

3,214,944

8,573,185

8,573,185

12,859,778

10,716,481

Holding Tax

Water Tax

Lighting Tax

Latrine Tax

Drainage Tax

Rental Revenue
2014-15
Revenue

13,752,798

1,475,854

1,146,500

1,119,233
324,213

92,560

109,500

24,300

Government Grants
Grants

33%

67%

4th SFC M.V.Tax

4th SFC
Devoluation Fund
(Cc Road,Light
,Kalyan
Mandap,Street
Light,damaged
Cyclone 2013

unicipal Finance Expenditure

Sl. No

Heads

Amount (in Rs.)

General Administration

24,89,81,964

Public health Establishment

1,75,10,934

PWD section expenditure

42,92,59,495

Maintainenance of vehicles

1,56,86,909.00

Miscellaneous Expenditure

35,02,709

E-Governance

Out of total 11 modules under eMunicipality, 3 modules have been

made fully functional through
Municipality :(i) Birth & Death Registration & Issue
of Certificate
(ii) Issue of Trade License
(iii) Double Entry Accounting & Audit

H&UD

BeMC

Works
Departme
nt

R&B

PHED
Governme
nt of
Odisha

BDA
RTO
OFS

OFS(south
)

OERC

SOUTHCO

Fire
Station

Housing

As per 2001 Census about

96,883 households were
staying in BDPA area and
the household size was 5.30
persons per household.

In 2011 Census about 128564

household were in BDPA area
having the household size was
5.72 persons per household.

The analysis on housing

ownership shows that as
much as 94 % of households
are residing in their own
houses and 6 % of household
residing in rented houses in
BDPA area.

 It is seen that majority of

dwelling units are Pucca
and constitute 83% in
BDPA area.
Berhampur is one of the
cities having the largest
percentage of population in
slums.
The highest number of
slums is located in Ward 1,
17, 14, 33 and 35 of the
town in which two slums
are unauthorized in the
Wards 1 and 2.
All of 8 slums present in
Ward 9 are authorized. In
total there are 254 slums in
the entire town out of
which 190 are authorized
and 64 are unauthorized.

 There are around 29572

households residing in
these slums comprising of
a population of 124792
people.
Around 24987 households
are
present
in
the
authorized slum while
around 4585 households
are unauthorized one.
All these slums occupy a
large part of the town.
While authorized slums
are spread over 1529964
sq
m
of
the
city
unauthorized ones are
spread over an area of
185662 sq. m.

Water Supply

PHD( Public Health Division) is responsible for water

supply in Berhampur.
Source of water supply in Berhampur at Dakhinpur is
mainly surface water source which is around 30 MLD, at
Badamadhapur is mainly of ground water source which is
around 16 MLD.
Around 30139 no of households are covered with water
supply.
There are 40 wards but around in 7 wards are fully
covered with piped water supply where as in 33 wards it
is covered partially.
There are around two water treatment plants are present
which maintains the quality of the water. Around 15% of
water loss is there, 15% loss during treatment and 5% loss
during transportation.
The present water supply demand is around
155 Lpcd but the rate of water supply is only
around 134 Lpcd.

Sewage
In Berhampur there is no sewerage system, which
is creating a havoc of cleanliness in the town.
As per estimate about 80% of the water i.e. 26.4
million liters is getting converted into wastewater
and is finding its way into open drains without any
treatment and ultimately discharging into the sea
which is polluting the water.
As of now there is no sewerage treatment plant in
Berhampur, but there is a proposal for
implementation of a integrated sewerage system so
that wastewater can treated.

Transportation
Berhampur has proper connection
facilities for both road as well as rail. It
has 20 major roads having a length of 45
km.
Berhampur falls on the National Highway
No.5 that has recently been developed
to a four lane express highway.
In public transport mainly City Bus
Service is used widely by the public. The
City Bus Service of GUTSL(Ganjam Urban
Transport Service Limited) is operated by
Private Operator which is selected by
bidding process.
Around 32 buses are under GUTSL which
are plying in six different routes.

Power Supply
Berhampur SOUTHCO is
responsible for power supply
section of the city. SOUTHCO has
been given the responsibility of
power supply in this city since
1997.
There are 465 nos. of sub-station,
572 nos. of Transformer, 11 nos. of
Fuse Call Centers existing in the
B.M.C. area.
Total consumer are 1,65,000 nos.
under domestic, 14,405 under
commercial and 3,350 nos. under
industrial connection.
Ambaguda feeder is supplying 40
Mega watt, Narendrapur feeder is
supplying 30 Mega Watt and
Chhatrapureeder is supplying 10
Mega Watt . The total requirement
of Brahmapur city is 80 Mega
Watt.

Fire-Fighting
Berhampur being an old
town it has many old &
dilapidated buildings which
are more vulnerable to fire.
There are 7 sub fire
stations within the area of
the development authority
that report to the main fire
station which is in the
central part of the city.
In the main fire station
around 23 fire fighters and
6 well functioning fire
fighting trucks are present.
The substations on the
other have about 10 fire
fighters and 2 trucks.

olid Waste Management

The quantity of Solid Waste which is
based on per capita waste generation
is 143 M.T. However the solid waste
generally collected per day is around
140 M.T. But only 130 M.T of waste is
transferred to the dumping ground.
There are around 43 secondary
dumping yards and 1 landfill site.
There was a proposal for a solid
waste treatment plant at Mahuda.
The authorities have taken a brave
step in Berhampur in the sector of
waste management by banning the
use of plastic bags inside the city
limits.

PRPs
Ahead

ation Goes for a Toss in Berham

Over 25 per cent of the citys population resorts to open defecation, which is
affecting its hygiene and sanitation.
As per a report of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation, 39.5 per cent of
households in the city do not have individual toilets.
Surprisingly, the number of households resorting to open defecation in the nonslum areas is not less either and is put at 10,096.
There are only 24 community toilets in the city and people not having access to
individual toilets are quite high. Out of these public toilets, 18 are managed by
Sulabh International and the rest by the BMC.
There is a public toilet on the Gram Devati Street. It is meant for 47 families of the
area who have been provided houses under IHSDP scheme.
The public toilet in the area has only three lavatories meant for women and three
for men. As these are not sufficient, most persons defecate in the open space near
the public toilet.

Why women haven't broken silence in Berhampur slums?

Mochi Street near Corporation Road, wherethe female slum
dwellers know little about menstrual hygiene amid lack of basic
facilities
During

periods, we
generally go
nearthe big drain in
the middle of the
slum where we go
to defecate. It's
unhygienic but we
can't helpAnonymous

Around

150 slum-dwellers
stay here and most of them
face problems while they
are on their periods due to
lack of toilets. During
periods, we generally go
nearthe big drain in the
middle of the slum where
we go to defecate. It's
unhygienic but we can't
help, shares R. Mahalaxmi,
a slum dweller.
I have to take
some of my sister
or friend whenever
I go towards the
drain, says a
teenager.

 Rekha, who is a class eight student, shares, We know it is

unhygienic to use cloth and it can lead to infections. But what to
do? There are problems of adequate water supply and sanitation
here. How can we expect sanitary napkins will be provided to us.
However, according to information provided by the Chief District
Medical Office in this regard, under the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya
Karyakrami , sanitary napkins will soon be provided to the Block
Community Health Centers from where it will be sent to Primary
Health Centers.
Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and ANMs will receive
the sanitary napkins from Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs)
and they can distribute these to adolescent girls, the official
further mentioned. Every girl would get one pack per month and
ASHAs would also be providing sanitary napkins in slums.

 PONDS:

There are around 42 ponds in Berhampur, but none of these are not found in a
proper condition which are mainly covered with algae as well as with solid
waste materials.

As a result it is polluting the water bodies, making it more prone to diseases

such as Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya also affecting the beautification of
the city.
RAMALINGAM POND

 UIDSSMT SCHEME: Government of India sponsored project under Jnnurm Scheme to preserve these
ponds.
Steps are being taken to complete the preservation of the 14 number of water
bodies.
Amount received : Rs. 1582.64 lakhs.

BEFORE RENNOVATION

AFTER RENNOVATION