Simdega District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Simdega is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 10 Taluks, 450 villages and 1 towns in Simdega district.

As per the Census India 2011, Simdega district has 118,288 households, population of 599,578 of which 300,309 are males and 299,269 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 94,414 which is 15.75% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Simdega district is around 997 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Simdega district is 57.29% out of which 63.93% males are literate and 50.62% females are literate. The total area of Simdega is 3,774 sq.km with population density of 159 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 92.84% of population lives in Urban area and 7.16% lives in Rural area. There are 7.45% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 70.78% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Simdega district.

Simdega Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	599,578	100%
Christian	306,601	51.14%
Hindu	201,524	33.61%
Other religions and persuasions	73,930	12.33%
Muslim	15,103	2.52%
Religion not stated	1,502	0.25%
Buddhist	753	0.13%
Jain	114	0.02%
Sikh	51	0.01%

Simdega 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)	36	3,738
Number of households	8,252	110,036
Total Population	42,944	556,634
Population (%)	50.96%	49.98%
Male Population	21,884	278,425
Female Population	21,060	278,209
Sex Ratio	962	999
Literacy (%)	74.67%	55.95%

List of Taluks in Simdega

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

Simdega Population Facts

Number of Households	118,288
Population	599,578
Male Population	300,309 (50.09%)
Female Population	299,269 (49.91%)
Children Population	94,414
Area	3,774 km2
Population density/km2	159
Sex-ratio	997
Literacy	57.29%
Male Literacy	63.93%
Female Literacy	50.62%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	70.78%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	7.45%