District of Odisha

Sambalpur: 10.4 lakh people, one story

People
10,41,099
Area
6,624 km²
Literacy
76.22%
Sex ratio
976
#1 in OdishaHousehold industry workers: 11.7 % of workers. Rank 1 of 30 districts.See the numbers →Big number10.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 157 to every km².See the numbers →

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SambalpurOdisha

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

Sambalpur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population10.4 lakh#20/30 in Odisha
Area6,624 km²#9/30 in Odisha
Population density157 per km²#23/30 in Odisha▼ state 270
Sex ratio976 females per 1000 males#17/30 in Odisha▼ state 979
Child sex ratio (0–6)940 girls per 1000 boys#19/30 in Odisha▼ state 941
Literacy rate76.22%#13/30 in Odisha▲ state 72.87
Female literacy67.93%#13/30 in Odisha▲ state 64.01
Urban population29.6%#4/30 in Odisha▲ state 16.7

People & society

76.2% can read. 976 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
84.481.6
Female literacy
67.964.0
Scheduled Castes
18.417.1
Scheduled Tribes
34.122.8
Living in towns
29.616.7

Gender literacy gap: 16.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 92.6%
  • Muslim 1.9%
  • Christian 4.9%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    49 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.1 lakh workers, 48.6% of all people

    This district
    Odisha
    • Cultivators 17.2%
    • Farm labourers 31.8%
    • Household industry 11.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 39.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 40% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      40.132.6
      Latrine at home
      18.016.7
      Tap water
      19.010.5
      LPG / PNG
      10.77.4
      Phone
      33.230.1
      Television
      28.920.2
      Bicycle
      56.046.2
      Two-wheeler
      15.111.0

      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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