Rayagada District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Rayagada is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 15 Taluks, 2,665 villages and 8 towns in Rayagada district.

As per the Census India 2011, Rayagada district has 226,144 households, population of 967,911 of which 471,960 are males and 495,951 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 148,522 which is 15.34% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Rayagada district is around 1051 compared to 979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Rayagada district is 42.13% out of which 51.27% males are literate and 33.43% females are literate. The total area of Rayagada is 7,073 sq.km with population density of 137 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 84.82% of population lives in Urban area and 15.18% lives in Rural area. There are 14.41% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 55.99% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Rayagada district.

Rayagada Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	967,911	100%
Hindu	874,445	90.34%
Christian	84,916	8.77%
Muslim	4,607	0.48%
Religion not stated	3,308	0.34%
Buddhist	249	0.03%
Sikh	219	0.02%
Jain	123	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	44	0%

Rayagada 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)	69	7,004
Number of households	34,576	191,568
Total Population	146,966	820,945
Population (%)	50.48%	51.55%
Male Population	74,186	397,774
Female Population	72,780	423,171
Sex Ratio	981	1064
Literacy (%)	69.39%	37.24%

List of Taluks in Rayagada

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

Rayagada Population Facts

Number of Households	226,144
Population	967,911
Male Population	471,960 (48.76%)
Female Population	495,951 (51.24%)
Children Population	148,522
Area	7,073 km2
Population density/km2	137
Sex-ratio	1051
Literacy	42.13%
Male Literacy	51.27%
Female Literacy	33.43%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	55.99%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	14.41%