Raigarh District Population, Chhattisgarh - Census India 2011

Raigarh is one of district of Chhattisgarh in India. There are 9 Taluks, 1,466 villages and 11 towns in Raigarh district.

As per the Census India 2011, Raigarh district has 367,962 households, population of 1,493,984 of which 750,278 are males and 743,706 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 195,069 which is 13.06% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Raigarh district is around 991 compared to 991 which is average of Chhattisgarh state. The literacy rate of Raigarh district is 63.7% out of which 72.34% males are literate and 54.98% females are literate. The total area of Raigarh is 7,086 sq.km with population density of 211 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 83.51% of population lives in Urban area and 16.49% lives in Rural area. There are 15.06% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 33.84% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Raigarh district.

Raigarh Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,493,984	100%
Hindu	1,422,986	95.25%
Christian	47,653	3.19%
Muslim	17,332	1.16%
Sikh	2,117	0.14%
Other religions and persuasions	1,782	0.12%
Religion not stated	924	0.06%
Buddhist	781	0.05%
Jain	409	0.03%

Raigarh 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)	144	6,942
Number of households	55,162	312,800
Total Population	246,302	1,247,682
Population (%)	51.34%	50%
Male Population	126,461	623,817
Female Population	119,841	623,865
Sex Ratio	948	1000
Literacy (%)	74.5%	61.57%

List of Taluks in Raigarh

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh

Raigarh Population Facts

Number of Households	367,962
Population	1,493,984
Male Population	750,278 (50.22%)
Female Population	743,706 (49.78%)
Children Population	195,069
Area	7,086 km2
Population density/km2	211
Sex-ratio	991
Literacy	63.7%
Male Literacy	72.34%
Female Literacy	54.98%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	33.84%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	15.06%