Gajapati District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Gajapati is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 10 Taluks, 1,612 villages and 6 towns in Gajapati district.

As per the Census India 2011, Gajapati district has 128,523 households, population of 577,817 of which 282,882 are males and 294,935 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 86,984 which is 15.05% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Gajapati district is around 1043 compared to 979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Gajapati district is 45.44% out of which 54.32% males are literate and 36.91% females are literate. The total area of Gajapati is 4,325 sq.km with population density of 134 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 87.77% of population lives in Urban area and 12.23% lives in Rural area. There are 6.78% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 54.29% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Gajapati district.

Gajapati Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	577,817	100%
Hindu	353,160	61.12%
Christian	219,482	37.98%
Buddhist	2,180	0.38%
Muslim	1,556	0.27%
Religion not stated	1,316	0.23%
Jain	66	0.01%
Sikh	53	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	4	0%

Gajapati 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)	37	4,288
Number of households	16,158	112,365
Total Population	70,666	507,151
Population (%)	49.85%	51.17%
Male Population	35,227	247,655
Female Population	35,439	259,496
Sex Ratio	1006	1048
Literacy (%)	69.87%	42.03%

List of Taluks in Gajapati

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

Gajapati Population Facts

Number of Households	128,523
Population	577,817
Male Population	282,882 (48.96%)
Female Population	294,935 (51.04%)
Children Population	86,984
Area	4,325 km2
Population density/km2	134
Sex-ratio	1043
Literacy	45.44%
Male Literacy	54.32%
Female Literacy	36.91%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	54.29%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	6.78%