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Jharkhand districts

Jharkhand

Simdega

5,99,578
people at the 2011 Census · 3.00 L male, 2.99 L female

Population

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

Literacy

Literacy
67.99%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
76.08%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
59.92%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
16.16 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
997 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
969 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
15.75%India 13.59%
SC %
7.45%India 16.63%
ST %
70.78%India 8.63%
Household
5.07India 4.85

Work

Workers
48.14%India 39.80%
Female Work
43.03%India 25.52%
Main Workers
53.88%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
51.86%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.

Simdega in context

With 5,99,578 people at the 2011 Census, Simdega was the 526th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 22nd most populous of Jharkhand's 24. That is 1.8% of everyone living in Jharkhand at the time.

Literacy stood at 67.99%, 5.0 points below the national 72.98% — 1.6 points above the Jharkhand average. That ranked it 426th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 16.2 points, level with the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 997 women per 1,000 men (49 above the Jharkhand figure of 948). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 969, 51 above the national 918.

48.1% of the population were recorded as workers, 8.4 points above the Jharkhand rate. Female work participation was 43.0%, 13.9 points above the state figure.

Simdega contained 1 town. The largest was Simdega (NP), with 42,944 people. That put 7.2% of the district in urban areas, 16.9 points below the Jharkhand share of 24.1%.

Towns in Simdega

Simdega has one census town.

Largest towns in Simdega by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Simdega (NP)42,94485.46%962 / 1000