Thursday, September 13, 2012

Demographic features of Orissa

About 50.54% of the population of the state are male (21,201,678) and 49.46% of the population are female (20,745,680). The density of population in the state is 269/ km2. About 94.35% of the population are Hindus, 2.07% are Muslims, 2.44% are Christians, and only 1.14% is represented by other communities. The official language of the state is Oriya. Other languages spoken in the state are Hindi, Bengali, Santali, and Telugu. The literacy rate is 73.45% (as per 2011 census.)

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