Simdega District - Population 2011-2024

An official Census 2011 detail of Simdega, a district of Jharkhand has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Jharkhand. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Simdega District of Jharkhand.

In 2011, Simdega had population of 599,578 of which male and female were 300,309 and 299,269 respectively. In 2001 census, Simdega had a population of 514,320 of which males were 256,985 and remaining 257,335 were females. Simdega District population constituted 1.82 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Simdega District was at 1.91 percent of Maharashtra population.

There was change of 16.58 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Simdega District recorded increase of 15.20 percent to its population compared to 1991.

Simdega Literacy Rate

Average literacy rate of Simdega in 2011 were 67.99 compared to 67.99 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 76.08 and 59.92 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 63.71 and 42.40 in Simdega District. Total literate in Simdega District were 343,483 of which male and female were 191,991 and 151,492 respectively. In 2001, Simdega District had 224,653 in its district.

Simdega Sex Ratio

With regards to Sex Ratio in Simdega, it stood at 997 per 1000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 1001. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate. In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 969 girls per 1000 boys compared to figure of 978 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data.

Simdega District Religion Data

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Simdega Population 2011 - 2001

Simdega Child Population

In census enumeration, data regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected for all districts including Simdega. There were total 94,414 children under age of 0-6 against 90,599 of 2001 census. Of total 94,414 male and female were 47,962 and 46,452 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per census 2011 was 969 compared to 978 of census 2001. In 2011, Children under 0-6 formed 15.75 percent of Simdega District compared to 17.62 percent of 2001. There was net change of -1.87 percent in this compared to previous census of India.

Simdega Houseless Data

In 2011, total 121 families live on footpath or without any roof cover in Simdega district of Jharkhand. Total Population of all who lived without roof at the time of Census 2011 numbers to 391. This approx 0.065212532814746% of total population of Simdega district.

Simdega District Density

The initial provisional data released by census India 2011, shows that density of Simdega district for 2011 is 159 people per sq. km. In 2001, Simdega district density was at 137 people per sq. km. Simdega district administers 3,774 square kilometers of areas.

Simdega District Urban/Rural 2011

Out of the total Simdega population for 2011 census, 7.16 percent lives in urban regions of district. In total 42,944 people lives in urban areas of which males are 21,884 and females are 21,060. Sex Ratio in urban region of Simdega district is 962 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in Simdega district was 976 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 5,421 of which males and females were 2,744 and 2,677. This child population figure of Simdega district is 12.54 % of total urban population. Average literacy rate in Simdega district as per census 2011 is 85.46 % of which males and females are 89.22 % and 81.54 % literates respectively. In actual number 32,067 people are literate in urban region of which males and females are 17,077 and 14,990 respectively.

As per 2011 census, 92.84 % population of Simdega districts lives in rural areas of villages. The total Simdega district population living in rural areas is 556,634 of which males and females are 278,425 and 278,209 respectively. In rural areas of Simdega district, sex ratio is 999 females per 1000 males. If child sex ratio data of Simdega district is considered, figure is 968 girls per 1000 boys. Child population in the age 0-6 is 88,993 in rural areas of which males were 45,218 and females were 43,775. The child population comprises 16.24 % of total rural population of Simdega district. Literacy rate in rural areas of Simdega district is 66.59 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise, male and female literacy stood at 75.00 and 58.23 percent respectively. In total, 311,416 people were literate of which males and females were 174,914 and 136,502 respectively.

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City/Metros in Simdega District