Fact Sheet of Balangir District

SlNoUnit Balangir
1Geographical Area in (Sq.Kms) 6575
2 Total forest area in (Sq.Kms) 1543.85
3Normal rainfall(M.M) 1290
4Actual Avg. rainfall 2012(M.M) 1215.6
5 Density of Population( person per square Kilometer) - 2011 251
6No of Sub Divisions 3
7No of Tahasils14
8No of CD Blocks14
9No of Municipality 2
10No of NACs 3
11No of PS 16
12No of GPs 285
13No of Fire station4
14No of Assembly Constituencies5
15No of Village ( Total ) 1794
16Inhabited 1764
17Un habited 30
18 Population (Total) - 2011 1648997
19Male - 2011 830097
20Female - 2011 818900
21Urban population -2011 197381
22Rural population-2011 1451616
23SC population -2011 294777
24ST population-2011 347164
25Population in 0-6 age groups-2011 216320
26Decadal growth (2001-2011) 23.3%
27Sex Ratio (No of female per 1000 male) - 2011 987
28Rural 992
29Urban 948
30 (0-6) Yrs Sex Ratio Total-2011 955
31 Literacy Rate (Total Population)-2011 64.7%
32 Literacy rate (Male) - 2011 75.8%
33Literacy Rate (Female) )- 2011 53.5%
34Literacy rate (Rural) 50.32%
35Literacy rate (Urban) 76.75%