Demography of the District

  • Angul has a total population of 11,40,003 consisting of 51.51 percent male population and 48.49 percent female population and sex ratio is 941 which is slightly less than the state average of 972.
  • There are 1910 villages in the district out of which 1661 are inhabited and 249 are uninhabited.
  • The Human Development Index (HDI) of Angul is 0.663 which is higher than the state average of 0.579. Similarly, the income index is also significantly higher 0.748 for Angul as against the state average of 0.545.
  • The participation rate of women in the total workforce of the district is slightly higher (32.48 percent) than the state average 31.54 percent. 

Total population

12,73,821

Male population

6,55,718

Female population

6,18,103

Rural population

10,67,275

Urban population

2,06,546

Sex ratio in rural area

953 females: 1000 males

Sex ratio in urban area

889 females: 1000 males

Total sex ratio

943 females: 1000 males

Decadal growth rate

11.74%

Population density

200/km2

Child population (0-6)

1,52,403

Male child

80,666

Female child

71,737

Literary rate

78.9%

Male literacy

4,94,425

Female literacy

3,75,031

SC population

2,39,552

ST population

1,79,603

Total number of farmers

1,51,450

Number of marginal farmers

1,17,094

Number of small farmers

25,452

Number of semi medium farmers

7,345

Number of medium farmers

1,458

Number of large farmers

101

Total house hold

2,96,168