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    - Orissa has a total area of 155,707 square km, with a population of 31.6 million people and a population density of 203 people per square km as of 1991. - The population grew by 20.1% between 1981-1991, with 13.4% of the population living in urban areas. Literacy rates were 49.1% overall, with males having a literacy rate of 63.1% compared to 34.7% for females. - The primary occupations were cultivation (44.3% of working population) and agricultural labor (28.7%). Hindus made up the vast majority at 94.67% of the population. Oriya was the primary language spoken in Orissa.

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    - Orissa has a total area of 155,707 square km, with a population of 31.6 million people and a population density of 203 people per square km as of 1991. - The population grew by 20.1% between 1981-1991, with 13.4% of the population living in urban areas. Literacy rates were 49.1% overall, with males having a literacy rate of 63.1% compared to 34.7% for females. - The primary occupations were cultivation (44.3% of working population) and agricultural labor (28.7%). Hindus made up the vast majority at 94.67% of the population. Oriya was the primary language spoken in Orissa.

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    - Orissa has a total area of 155,707 square km, with a population of 31.6 million people and a population density of 203 people per square km as of 1991. - The population grew by 20.1% between 1981-1991, with 13.4% of the population living in urban areas. Literacy rates were 49.1% overall, with males having a literacy rate of 63.1% compared to 34.7% for females. - The primary occupations were cultivation (44.3% of working population) and agricultural labor (28.7%). Hindus made up the vast majority at 94.67% of the population. Oriya was the primary language spoken in Orissa.

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    ORISSA

    (Data Source: Census of India 1991)


    GENERAL
    Area (in Sq Km.) No. of No. of No. of CD No. of Towns No. of Villages
    Districts Tahsils Blocks
    Total Rural Urban Statutory Census Inhabited Un-inhabited

    155,707 153,163 2,544 13 147 314 102 22 46,989 4,068

    POPULATION
    Decadal
    Population Urban
    Number of Population Density Variation
    Sex Ratio Population
    Households (per sq km) 1981 -91
    Persons Males Females (%)
    (%)
    Total 5,999,447 31,659,736 16,064,146 15,595,590 203 20.1 971 13.4

    Rural 5,168,221 27,424,753 13,794,955 13,629,798 179 17.9 988

    Urban 831,226 4,234,983 2,269,191 1,965,792 1,665 36.2 866

    AGE DISTRIBUTION (in Percentage)


    0 - 4 years 5 - 9 years 10 - 14 years
    Persons Males Females Persons Males Females Persons Males Females

    Total 11.4 11.4 11.4 13.0 13.1 13.0 11.3 11.2 11.4

    Rural 11.6 11.7 11.5 13.2 13.3 13.1 11.2 11.2 11.3

    Urban 10.2 9.6 10.9 11.9 11.5 12.5 11.5 11.1 12.0

    15 - 44 years 45 -59 years 60 years and above


    Persons Males Females Persons Males Females Persons Males Females

    Total 45.2 45.0 45.3 11.4 11.6 11.1 7.1 7.1 7.2

    Rural 44.4 44.1 44.7 11.5 11.6 11.3 7.5 7.6 7.5

    Urban 50.0 50.6 49.4 10.5 11.5 9.4 5.1 4.9 5.3

    LITERACY
    Percent population
    No. of attending school in the
    Literacy Literacy Rate among 10 - Literacy Rate among 15 -19 years
    Literates age-group
    Rate 14 years age group age group
    (in '000s)
    6 -10 years 11 - 13 years
    Persons 12,916 49.1 66.2 61.0 54.3 59.4

    Males 8,419 63.1 75.5 72.5 60.6 69.2

    Females 4,497 34.7 56.9 50.1 48.0 49.5


    ORISSA(Continued)
    EDUCATION
    Level of Education
    Below Matric but below
    Primary but below Middle Middle but below Matric Graduate and above
    Primary Graduate

    Persons 35.7 22.3 25.2 12.4 4.3

    Males 34.6 21.0 25.4 13.7 5.2

    Females 37.8 24.8 24.9 9.9 2.6

    WORK PARTICIPATION RATE


    Total Per cent Main Worker engaged in
    Total Main Total Non-
    Marginal
    Worker Worker
    Worker
    (in '000s) (in '000s) Cultivation Agricultural Labour Livestock, Forestry, etc.
    (in '000s)

    Persons 10,378 1,505 19,777 44.3 28.7 1.9

    Males 8,491 150 7,423 48.4 22.8 2.1

    Females 1,887 1,355 12,354 25.8 55.1 0.8

    Per cent Main Worker engaged in

    Transport,
    Manufacturing etc., in
    Mining & Manufacturing etc., in Constru- Trade & Storage & Other
    non-Household
    Quarrying Household Industries ction Commerce Communica Services
    Industries
    tion

    Persons 1.0 3.1 3.5 0.9 5.4 1.7 9.6

    Males 1.0 2.7 3.9 1.0 6.1 2.1 10.0

    Females 1.0 5.2 1.7 0.4 2.3 0.2 7.6

    RELIGION
    Distribution of population by Religion (in percentage)

    Hindus Muslims Christians Sikhs Buddhists Jains Others Not Stated

    94.67 1.83 2.10 0.05 0.03 0.02 1.26 0.04

    LANGUAGE
    Distribution of 10,000 speakers by Languages

    Assamese Bengali Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Malayalam Manipuri


    N 140 8 240 N N N 5 N

    Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Sanskrit Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu


    1 3 8,275 7 N 1 4 210 159
    "N" represents negligible number of speakers
    ORISSA(Continued)

    AMENITIES
    Per cent households having
    Total No. of Electricity Safe
    Safe
    Households & Safe Drinking Electricity All the three None of the
    Electricity Drinking Toilet
    (in '000s) Drinking Water & & Toilet facilities three facilities
    Water
    Water Toilet
    Total 5,983 23.5 39.1 9.8 10.6 5.7 9.1 5.4 47.6
    Rural 5,168 17.5 35.3 3.6 5.8 1.2 3.0 1.0 52.7
    Urban 815 62.1 62.8 49.3 40.9 34.1 47.5 33.0 15.2

    HOUSE TYPES
    Temporary
    Permanent Semi-Permanent
    Total Serviceable Non-Serviceable
    Total 18.7 22.1 59.2 53.7 5.5
    Rural 13.0 22.6 64.4 58.7 5.7
    Urban 54.9 18.4 26.6 22.5 4.1

    FERTILITY RATES (Source: Sample Registration System Data)


    1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
    Crude Birth Rate 28.8 27.8 27.2 28.0 27.8 27.0 26.5 25.7
    Crude Death Rate 12.8 11.7 12.2 11.2 10.8 10.8 10.9 11.1
    Natural Growth Rate 16.0 16.1 15.0 16.8 17.0 16.2 15.6 14.6
    Infant Mortality Rate 124 115 110 103 103 96 96 98
    Total Fertility Rate 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 NA

    Source: Census Data : Census of India 1991


    Fertility Data :
    Compendium of India's Fertility and Mortality Indicators 1971 - 1997 based on The Sample Registration
    System (SRS) . Registrar General, India, New Delhi : 1999 and SRS Bulletin October 2000, Vol 34 No. 2.

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