Kendujhar is one of 30 districts located in eastern Indian state Odisha. There are total 13 blocks which comes under Kendujhar district, and there are total 2123 villages and 5 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kendujhar district is 375 and number of houses in this district is 357307.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1588387. Out of total 1588387, male population count is 795655, where as female population count is 792732 in Kendujhar.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 231044 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 231044 children 117268 are boys and 113776 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kendujhar district is 57%. 906495 out of total 1588387 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 65% and 522406 males are literate out of total 795655 male population, where as female literacy rate is 51% and 384089 out of total 792732 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kendujhar district is 42%. 681892 out of total 1588387 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 34% and 273249 males are illiterate out of total 795655 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 51% and 408643 out of total 792732 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kendujhar district is 695323 and non-working population is 893064 and out of 695323 working population 156782 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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