Balangir is one of 30 districts located in eastern Indian state Odisha. There are total 14 blocks which comes under Balangir district, and there are total 1783 villages and 6 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Balangir district is 393 and number of houses in this district is 375489.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1476658. Out of total 1476658, male population count is 741575, where as female population count is 735083 in Balangir.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 197595 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 197595 children 100848 are boys and 96747 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Balangir district is 54%. 798597 out of total 1476658 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 64% and 474865 males are literate out of total 741575 male population, where as female literacy rate is 55% and 323732 out of total 735083 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Balangir district is 45%. 678061 out of total 1476658 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 35% and 266710 males are illiterate out of total 741575 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 55% and 411351 out of total 735083 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Balangir district is 661680 and non-working population is 814978 and out of 661680 working population 131999 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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