Balangir District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Balangir is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 12 Taluks, 1,783 villages and 9 towns in Balangir district.

As per the Census India 2011, Balangir district has 414,749 households, population of 1,648,997 of which 830,097 are males and 818,900 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 216,320 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 6,575 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
Total	1,648,997	100%
Hindu	1,618,175	98.13%
Christian	16,271	0.99%
Muslim	7,811	0.47%
Religion not stated	3,342	0.2%
Jain	2,225	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
Area(sq.km)	101	6,474
Number of households	45,476	369,273
Total Population	197,381	1,451,616
Population (%)	51.34%	49.8%
Male Population	101,327	728,770
Female Population	96,054	722,846
Sex Ratio	948	992
Literacy (%)	74.27%	53.78%

List of Taluks in Balangir

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Balangir district, Odisha

Balangir Population Facts

Number of Households	414,749
Population	1,648,997
Male Population	830,097 (50.34%)
Female Population	818,900 (49.66%)
Children Population	216,320
Area	6,575 km2
Population density/km2	251
Sex-ratio	987
Literacy	56.23%
Male Literacy	65.74%
Female Literacy	46.6%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	21.05%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	17.88%