Kalahandi is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 13 Taluks, 2253 villages and 5 towns in Kalahandi district.
As per the Census India 2011, Kalahandi district has 401251 households, population of 1576869 of which 787101 are males and 789768 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 222570 which is 14.11% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Kalahandi district is around
1003 compared to
979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Kalahandi district is 50.86% out of which 61.51% males are literate and 40.25% females are literate. The total area of Kalahandi is 7920 sq.km with population density of 199 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 92.26% of population lives in Urban area and 7.74% lives in Rural area. There are 18.17% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 28.5% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Kalahandi district.
Kalahandi Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 1576869 | 100% |
Hindu | 1555367 | 98.64% |
Christian | 11160 | 0.71% |
Muslim | 4975 | 0.32% |
Religion not stated | 2951 | 0.19% |
Jain | 1225 | 0.08% |
Sikh | 796 | 0.05% |
Other religions and persuasions | 220 | 0.01% |
Buddhist | 175 | 0.01% |
Kalahandi 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) | 54.69 | 7865.31 |
Number of households | 27947 | 373304 |
Total Population | 121987 | 1454882 |
Population (%) | 51.2% | 50.19% |
Male Population | 62455 | 724646 |
Female Population | 59532 | 730236 |
Sex Ratio | 953 | 1008 |
Literacy (%) | 72.36% | 49.06% |
List of Taluks in Kalahandi
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