District of Odisha

Jajapur: 18.3 lakh people, one story

People
18,27,192
Area
2,899 km²
Literacy
80.13%
Sex ratio
973
Top 3 in OdishaScheduled Castes: 23.7 % of people. Rank 3 of 30 districts.See the numbers →Big number18.3 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 630 to every km².See the numbers →

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JajapurOdisha

The history, places and schemes of Jajapur are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Jajapur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18.3 lakh#7/30 in Odisha
Area2,899 km²#24/30 in Odisha
Population density630 per km²#4/30 in Odisha▲ state 270
Sex ratio973 females per 1000 males#19/30 in Odisha▼ state 979
Child sex ratio (0–6)926 girls per 1000 boys#24/30 in Odisha▼ state 941
Literacy rate80.13%#8/30 in Odisha▲ state 72.87
Female literacy73.29%#7/30 in Odisha▲ state 64.01
Urban population7.4%#25/30 in Odisha▼ state 16.7

People & society

80.1% can read. 973 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
86.881.6
Female literacy
73.364.0
Scheduled Castes
23.717.1
Scheduled Tribes
8.322.8
Living in towns
7.416.7

Gender literacy gap: 13.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 94.4%
  • Muslim 5.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    56 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.5 lakh workers, 30.2% of all people

    This district
    Odisha
    • Cultivators 21.9%
    • Farm labourers 33.7%
    • Household industry 3.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 40.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 36% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      35.532.6
      Latrine at home
      17.216.7
      Tap water
      5.210.5
      LPG / PNG
      4.87.4
      Phone
      32.330.1
      Television
      19.720.2
      Bicycle
      45.546.2
      Two-wheeler
      10.111.0

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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