District of Odisha

Kendujhar: 18 lakh people, one story

People
18,01,733
Area
8,303 km²
Literacy
68.24%
Sex ratio
988
Big number18 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 217 to every km².See the numbers →

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KendujharOdisha

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

Kendujhar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18 lakh#8/30 in Odisha
Area8,303 km²#4/30 in Odisha
Population density217 per km²#18/30 in Odisha▼ state 270
Sex ratio988 females per 1000 males#12/30 in Odisha▲ state 979
Child sex ratio (0–6)967 girls per 1000 boys#7/30 in Odisha▲ state 941
Literacy rate68.24%#20/30 in Odisha▼ state 72.87
Female literacy58.28%#20/30 in Odisha▼ state 64.01
Urban population14.0%#11/30 in Odisha▼ state 16.7

People & society

68.2% can read. 988 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
78.181.6
Female literacy
58.364.0
Scheduled Castes
11.617.1
Scheduled Tribes
45.422.8
Living in towns
14.016.7

Gender literacy gap: 19.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 97.3%
  • Muslim 1.5%
  • Christian 0.5%
  • Sikh 0.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.5%

    Sectors at a glance

    66 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.7 lakh workers, 42.5% of all people

    This district
    Odisha
    • Cultivators 25.8%
    • Farm labourers 40.5%
    • Household industry 2.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 30.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 21% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      21.232.6
      Latrine at home
      10.716.7
      Tap water
      7.210.5
      LPG / PNG
      5.37.4
      Phone
      23.430.1
      Television
      13.020.2
      Bicycle
      40.646.2
      Two-wheeler
      9.911.0

      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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