Sundargarh is one of 30 districts located in eastern Indian state Odisha. There are total 17 blocks which comes under Sundargarh district, and there are total 1762 villages and 17 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Sundargarh district is 374 and number of houses in this district is 340588.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1478162. Out of total 1478162, male population count is 740170, where as female population count is 737992 in Sundargarh.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 195852 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 195852 children 99765 are boys and 96087 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Sundargarh district is 58%. 871353 out of total 1478162 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 66% and 491558 males are literate out of total 740170 male population, where as female literacy rate is 48% and 379795 out of total 737992 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Sundargarh district is 41%. 606809 out of total 1478162 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 33% and 248612 males are illiterate out of total 740170 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 48% and 358197 out of total 737992 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Sundargarh district is 669052 and non-working population is 809110 and out of 669052 working population 131173 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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