Kandhamal District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Kandhamal is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 17 Taluks, 2,587 villages and 4 towns in Kandhamal district.

As per the Census India 2011, Kandhamal district has 172,022 households, population of 733,110 of which 359,945 are males and 373,165 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 109,709 which is 14.96% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Kandhamal district is around 1037 compared to 979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Kandhamal district is 54.53% out of which 64.98% males are literate and 44.45% females are literate. The total area of Kandhamal is 8,021 sq.km with population density of 91 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 90.14% of population lives in Urban area and 9.86% lives in Rural area. There are 15.76% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 53.58% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Kandhamal district.

Kandhamal Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	733,110	100%
Hindu	580,300	79.16%
Christian	148,895	20.31%
Muslim	2,138	0.29%
Religion not stated	1,335	0.18%
Buddhist	290	0.04%
Sikh	82	0.01%
Jain	47	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	23	0%

Kandhamal 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)	52	7,969
Number of households	16,766	155,256
Total Population	72,279	660,831
Population (%)	50.39%	51.04%
Male Population	36,422	323,523
Female Population	35,857	337,308
Sex Ratio	984	1043
Literacy (%)	77.33%	52.04%

List of Taluks in Kandhamal

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

Kandhamal Population Facts

Number of Households	172,022
Population	733,110
Male Population	359,945 (49.1%)
Female Population	373,165 (50.9%)
Children Population	109,709
Area	8,021 km2
Population density/km2	91
Sex-ratio	1037
Literacy	54.53%
Male Literacy	64.98%
Female Literacy	44.45%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	53.58%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	15.76%