Kalahandi District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Kalahandi is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 13 Taluks, 2,253 villages and 5 towns in Kalahandi district.

As per the Census India 2011, Kalahandi district has 401,251 households, population of 1,576,869 of which 787,101 are males and 789,768 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 222,570 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 7,920 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
Total	1,576,869	100%
Hindu	1,555,367	98.64%
Christian	11,160	0.71%
Muslim	4,975	0.32%
Religion not stated	2,951	0.19%
Jain	1,225	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
Area(sq.km)	55	7,865
Number of households	27,947	373,304
Total Population	121,987	1,454,882
Population (%)	51.2%	50.19%
Male Population	62,455	724,646
Female Population	59,532	730,236
Sex Ratio	953	1008
Literacy (%)	72.36%	49.06%

List of Taluks in Kalahandi

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

Kalahandi Population Facts

Number of Households	401,251
Population	1,576,869
Male Population	787,101 (49.92%)
Female Population	789,768 (50.08%)
Children Population	222,570
Area	7,920 km2
Population density/km2	199
Sex-ratio	1003
Literacy	50.86%
Male Literacy	61.51%
Female Literacy	40.25%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	28.5%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	18.17%