Deoghar District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Deoghar is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 10 Taluks, 2,662 villages and 2 towns in Deoghar district.

As per the Census India 2011, Deoghar district has 264,347 households, population of 1,492,073 of which 775,022 are males and 717,051 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 268,453 which is 17.99% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Deoghar district is around 925 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Deoghar district is 53.18% out of which 63.2% males are literate and 42.35% females are literate. The total area of Deoghar is 2,477 sq.km with population density of 602 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 82.68% of population lives in Urban area and 17.32% lives in Rural area. There are 12.74% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 12.13% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Deoghar district.

Deoghar Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,492,073	100%
Hindu	1,165,140	78.09%
Muslim	302,626	20.28%
Other religions and persuasions	16,067	1.08%
Christian	6,027	0.4%
Religion not stated	1,600	0.11%
Jain	282	0.02%
Buddhist	188	0.01%
Sikh	143	0.01%

Deoghar 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)	132	2,345
Number of households	46,564	217,783
Total Population	258,361	1,233,712
Population (%)	52.98%	48.28%
Male Population	136,886	638,136
Female Population	121,475	595,576
Sex Ratio	887	933
Literacy (%)	73.02%	49.03%

List of Taluks in Deoghar

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Deoghar district, Jharkhand

Deoghar Population Facts

Number of Households	264,347
Population	1,492,073
Male Population	775,022 (51.94%)
Female Population	717,051 (48.06%)
Children Population	268,453
Area	2,477 km2
Population density/km2	602
Sex-ratio	925
Literacy	53.18%
Male Literacy	63.2%
Female Literacy	42.35%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	12.13%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	12.74%