Kalahandi is one of 30 districts located in eastern Indian state Odisha. There are total 13 blocks which comes under Kalahandi district, and there are total 2253 villages and 2 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kalahandi district is 395 and number of houses in this district is 376840.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1468929. Out of total 1468929, male population count is 731916, where as female population count is 737013 in Kalahandi.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 210330 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 210330 children 107363 are boys and 102967 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kalahandi district is 49%. 723866 out of total 1468929 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 60% and 441012 males are literate out of total 731916 male population, where as female literacy rate is 61% and 282854 out of total 737013 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kalahandi district is 50%. 745063 out of total 1468929 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 39% and 290904 males are illiterate out of total 731916 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 61% and 454159 out of total 737013 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kalahandi district is 713965 and non-working population is 754964 and out of 713965 working population 111958 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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