Dhenkanal is one of 30 districts located in eastern Indian state Odisha. There are total 8 blocks which comes under Dhenkanal district, and there are total 1208 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Dhenkanal district is 383 and number of houses in this district is 255674.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1086387. Out of total 1086387, male population count is 557351, where as female population count is 529036 in Dhenkanal.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 128422 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 128422 children 68429 are boys and 59993 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Dhenkanal district is 68%. 744567 out of total 1086387 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 74% and 417940 males are literate out of total 557351 male population, where as female literacy rate is 38% and 326627 out of total 529036 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Dhenkanal district is 31%. 341820 out of total 1086387 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 25% and 139411 males are illiterate out of total 557351 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 38% and 202409 out of total 529036 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Dhenkanal district is 401590 and non-working population is 684797 and out of 401590 working population 58564 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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