Balangir is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 12 Taluks, 1783 villages and 9 towns in Balangir district.
As per the Census India 2011, Balangir district has 414749 households, population of 1648997 of which 830097 are males and 818900 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 216320 which is 13.12% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Balangir district is around
987 compared to
979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Balangir district is 56.23% out of which 65.74% males are literate and 46.6% females are literate. The total area of Balangir is 6575 sq.km with population density of 251 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 88.03% of population lives in Urban area and 11.97% lives in Rural area. There are 17.88% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 21.05% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Balangir district.
Balangir Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 1648997 | 100% |
Hindu | 1618175 | 98.13% |
Christian | 16271 | 0.99% |
Muslim | 7811 | 0.47% |
Religion not stated | 3342 | 0.2% |
Jain | 2225 | 0.13% |
Sikh | 565 | 0.03% |
Buddhist | 467 | 0.03% |
Other religions and persuasions | 141 | 0.01% |
Balangir Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Area(sq.km) | 100.71 | 6474.29 |
Number of households | 45476 | 369273 |
Total Population | 197381 | 1451616 |
Population (%) | 51.34% | 49.8% |
Male Population | 101327 | 728770 |
Female Population | 96054 | 722846 |
Sex Ratio | 948 | 992 |
Literacy (%) | 74.27% | 53.78% |
List of Taluks in Balangir
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