Puri District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Puri is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 15 Taluks, 1,707 villages and 6 towns in Puri district.

As per the Census India 2011, Puri district has 367,269 households, population of 1,698,730 of which 865,380 are males and 833,350 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 172,888 which is 10.18% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Puri district is around 963 compared to 979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Puri district is 76.05% out of which 81.45% males are literate and 70.45% females are literate. The total area of Puri is 3,479 sq.km with population density of 488 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 84.4% of population lives in Urban area and 15.6% lives in Rural area. There are 19.14% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.36% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Puri district.

Puri Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,698,730	100%
Hindu	1,644,905	96.83%
Muslim	46,094	2.71%
Christian	4,239	0.25%
Religion not stated	2,660	0.16%
Other religions and persuasions	302	0.02%
Buddhist	243	0.01%
Sikh	193	0.01%
Jain	94	0.01%

Puri 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)	88	3,391
Number of households	54,081	313,188
Total Population	264,930	1,433,800
Population (%)	51.77%	49.21%
Male Population	137,167	728,213
Female Population	127,763	705,587
Sex Ratio	931	969
Literacy (%)	79.17%	75.48%

List of Taluks in Puri

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

Puri Population Facts

Number of Households	367,269
Population	1,698,730
Male Population	865,380 (50.94%)
Female Population	833,350 (49.06%)
Children Population	172,888
Area	3,479 km2
Population density/km2	488
Sex-ratio	963
Literacy	76.05%
Male Literacy	81.45%
Female Literacy	70.45%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.36%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	19.14%