Jharsuguda District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Jharsuguda is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 10 Taluks, 351 villages and 5 towns in Jharsuguda district.

As per the Census India 2011, Jharsuguda district has 136,061 households, population of 579,505 of which 296,690 are males and 282,815 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 64,794 which is 11.18% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jharsuguda district is around 953 compared to 979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Jharsuguda district is 70.04% out of which 76.88% males are literate and 62.86% females are literate. The total area of Jharsuguda is 2,114 sq.km with population density of 274 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 60.11% of population lives in Urban area and 39.89% lives in Rural area. There are 18.05% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 30.5% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jharsuguda district.

Jharsuguda Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	579,505	100%
Hindu	553,587	95.53%
Muslim	12,783	2.21%
Christian	10,462	1.81%
Sikh	1,441	0.25%
Religion not stated	1,015	0.18%
Buddhist	80	0.01%
Jain	70	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	67	0.01%

Jharsuguda 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)	159	1,955
Number of households	51,774	84,287
Total Population	231,165	348,340
Population (%)	52.14%	49.43%
Male Population	120,528	176,162
Female Population	110,637	172,178
Sex Ratio	918	977
Literacy (%)	73.94%	67.45%

List of Taluks in Jharsuguda

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

Jharsuguda Population Facts

Number of Households	136,061
Population	579,505
Male Population	296,690 (51.2%)
Female Population	282,815 (48.8%)
Children Population	64,794
Area	2,114 km2
Population density/km2	274
Sex-ratio	953
Literacy	70.04%
Male Literacy	76.88%
Female Literacy	62.86%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	30.5%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	18.05%