Koriya is one of district of Chhattisgarh in India. There are 5 Taluks, 636 villages and 9 towns in Koriya district.
As per the Census India 2011, Koriya district has 153,274 households, population of 658,917 of which 334,737 are males and 324,180 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 95,784 which is 14.54% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Koriya district is around
968 compared to
991 which is average of Chhattisgarh state. The literacy rate of Koriya district is 60.38% out of which 68.69% males are literate and 51.79% females are literate. The total area of Koriya is 6,604 sq.km with population density of 100 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 68.84% of population lives in Urban area and 31.16% lives in Rural area. There are 8.31% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 46.18% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Koriya district.
Koriya Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 658,917 | 100% |
| Hindu | 604,259 | 91.7% |
| Muslim | 25,878 | 3.93% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 15,474 | 2.35% |
| Christian | 9,398 | 1.43% |
| Sikh | 1,391 | 0.21% |
| Religion not stated | 1,278 | 0.19% |
| Jain | 1,155 | 0.18% |
| Buddhist | 84 | 0.01% |
Koriya Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 312 | 6,292 |
| Number of households | 45,081 | 108,193 |
| Total Population | 205,299 | 453,618 |
| Population (%) | 51.83% | 49.66% |
| Male Population | 106,399 | 228,338 |
| Female Population | 98,900 | 225,280 |
| Sex Ratio | 930 | 987 |
| Literacy (%) | 72.41% | 54.93% |
List of Taluks in Koriya
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