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Odisha districts

Odisha

Debagarh

3,12,520
people at the 2011 Census · 1.58 L male, 1.54 L female

Population

Population
3.13 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
7.16%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
72.57%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
81.92%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
63.05%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
18.87 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
975 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
927 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
12.77%India 13.59%
SC %
16.67%India 16.63%
ST %
35.33%India 8.63%
Household
4.14India 4.85

Work

Workers
52.94%India 39.80%
Female Work
47.35%India 25.52%
Main Workers
50.42%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
47.06%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Debagarh in context

With 3,12,520 people at the 2011 Census, Debagarh was the 571st most populous of India's 640 districts and the 30th most populous of Odisha's 30. That is 0.7% of everyone living in Odisha at the time.

Literacy stood at 72.57%, level with the national 72.98% — level with the Odisha average. That ranked it 309th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 18.9 points, 2.6 points above the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 975 women per 1,000 men (level with the Odisha figure of 979).

52.9% of the population were recorded as workers, 11.1 points above the Odisha rate. Female work participation was 47.4%, 20.2 points above the state figure.

Debagarh contained 1 town. The largest was Debagarh (M), with 22,390 people. That put 7.2% of the district in urban areas, 9.5 points below the Odisha share of 16.7%.

Towns in Debagarh

Debagarh has one census town.

Largest towns in Debagarh by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Debagarh (M)22,39083.41%936 / 1000