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District of Odisha

Balangir District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 18.6 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

18,60,000 1.86 million 1 March 2026

Balangir district's population is estimated at ≈18.6 lakh (18,60,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Odisha projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 16,48,997 on the district’s present boundaries.

Estimate: method M1, constrained to the RGI projection for Odisha. Census: ORGI.

Which number do you mean?

District totals include villages. Here is how the 2011 population splits between towns and villages.

District

Balangir district

Census 2011
16,48,997
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 18.6 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
1,97,381

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
14,51,616

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 18.6 lakh 18,60,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
16.49 lakh 16,48,997 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 251per km² 2011
Sex ratio
987 Odisha: 979
Child sex ratio (0–6)
955 Odisha: 941
Literacy rate
64.7% Male 75.9% · Female 53.5%
Urban share
12.0% Odisha: 16.7%
Growth 2001–11
+23.3% Odisha: +14.1%
Area
≈ 6,575km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
4.15 lakh 4.0 people per household
Villages
1,784 Census 2011
Towns
8 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries (parts of earlier districts apportioned by their 2011 population), then our estimate to 2036.

Balangir: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
19 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
199112,30,938
200113,37,194
201116,48,997
2016 *17,28,000
2021 *17,98,000
2026 *18,60,000
2031 *19,10,000
2036 *19,48,000

* Estimate

How Balangir's 2011 population was spread

Sub-districts (tehsils, talukas, mandals or blocks) as they were in Census 2011. “Part” means only some of it now lies in this district.

How Balangir's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Balangir3,27,08119.8%96374.3%30.0%
2 Tushura1,85,02811.2%99167.1%2.6%
3 Patnagarh1,68,32510.2%98966.5%12.5%
4 Titlagarh 1,62,8599.9%99263.4%20.9%
5 Loisinga 1,52,8659.3%98570.1%4.1%
6 Saintala1,48,9919.0%98464.0%3.6%
7 Belpara 1,16,1367.0%99956.5%0.0%
8 Sindhekela 98,7776.0%99153.7%0.0%
9 Khaprakhol 89,8195.4%102356.3%0.0%
10 Bangomunda74,5794.5%98156.3%7.7%
11 Kantabanji72,1154.4%98761.9%30.3%
12 Turekela 52,4223.2%101748.3%0.0%
13 Machh kund (part)00.0%–––

Largest towns in Balangir (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Balangir (Census 2011)
  1. Balangir 98,238
  2. Titlagarh 34,067
  3. Kantabanji 21,819
  4. Patnagarh 21,024
  5. Loisinga CT 6,220
  6. Bangomunda CT 5,759
  7. Badmal CT 5,431
  8. Tushura CT 4,823

How people in Balangir worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

23.1%

Agricultural labourers

45.3%

Household industry

4.0%

Other work

27.6%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 43.7%.

Age structure of Balangir

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Age structure of Balangir
MenWomen
  1. 80+
  2. 75-79
  3. 70-74
  4. 65-69
  5. 60-64
  6. 55-59
  7. 50-54
  8. 45-49
  9. 40-44
  10. 35-39
  11. 30-34
  12. 25-29
  13. 20-24
  14. 15-19
  15. 10-14
  16. 5-9
  17. 0-4
› Show the numbers as a table
AgeMenWomen
0-478,04775,084
5-979,21876,832
10-1484,57483,660
15-1979,03378,475
20-2470,97169,023
25-2964,19564,914
30-3457,80859,291
35-3959,20057,620
40-4453,68451,585
45-4947,00843,815
50-5438,02335,155
55-5930,03731,699
60-6433,14033,580
65-6921,73222,753
70-7416,44116,827
75-796,6777,798
80+8,1908,824
Children (0–14)
29.0%
Odisha 28.9%
Working age (15–59)
60.3%
Odisha 61.6%
Older people (60+)
10.7%
Odisha 9.5%
Median age
26.8years
Odisha 26.6
Dependency ratio
55.4
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Odisha 53.5

Languages spoken in Balangir

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 40 languages recorded. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Balangir
  1. Odia 98.3%
  2. Hindi 1.2%
  3. Telugu 0.1%
  4. Others 0.1%
  5. Garo 0.1%
  6. Urdu 0.1%
  7. Gujarati 0.1%
  8. Bengali 0.1%
  9. All other languages 0.1%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Odia78.0%
  2. Sambalpuri20.3%
  3. Hindi1.1%
  4. Telugu0.1%
  5. Urdu0.1%
  6. Gujarati0.1%
  7. Bengali0.1%
  8. Chhattisgarhi0.0%

Housing and amenities in Balangir

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 29.0%

    Odisha 43.1%

  • Tap water 10.4%

    Odisha 13.9%

  • Water source within premises 8.8%

    Odisha 22.5%

  • Toilet within premises 15.3%

    Odisha 22.1%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 83.4%

    Odisha 76.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 11.2%

    Odisha 19.7%

  • Closed drainage 1.7%

    Odisha 4.4%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 5.1%

    Odisha 9.9%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 93.8%

    Odisha 84.5%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 27.8%

    Odisha 38.1%

  • Television 19.6%

    Odisha 26.8%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 10.2%

    Odisha 14.5%

  • Computer or laptop 4.0%

    Odisha 5.1%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.1%

    Odisha 1.8%

  • Use banking services 31.5%

    Odisha 45.1%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 23.3%

    Odisha 25.5%

The home itself

  • Own their home 93.5%

    Odisha 90.3%

  • Rent their home 3.7%

    Odisha 6.7%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 44.7%

    Odisha 42.4%

  • House in good condition 26.7%

    Odisha 29.6%

  • Concrete roof 13.2%

    Odisha 23.6%

  • Cement or tiled floor 21.6%

    Odisha 36.3%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 38.1%

    Odisha 38.8%

Odisha

What the numbers say

  • Balangir district held 3.9% of Odisha's population in 2011, 10th of 30 districts.
  • Literacy is 64.7%, 8.2 points below the Odisha average of 72.9%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 75.9% of men but only 53.5% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The population grew 23.3% in 2001–11, faster than Odisha's 14.1% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈18.6 lakh, implies growth of about 13% since 2011; it is tied to the official Odisha projection.
  • Its largest town, Balangir, had 98.2 thousand people in 2011, 6.0% of the district.

How this district was formed

Balangir covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

  • Balangir (2011) 100.0% of this district
    100.0% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Odisha →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (16 April 2026 – 15 May 2026)

  2. Phase II: counting people

    February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)

  3. Results

    Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Balangir, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Balangir (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Population by religion in Balangir (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareOdisha
Hindu ≈ 16,18,200 98.1% 93.6%
Muslim ≈ 7,800 0.5% 2.2%
Christian ≈ 16,300 1.0% 2.8%
Sikh ≈ 600 0.0% 0.1%
Buddhist ≈ 500 0.0% 0.0%
Jain ≈ 2,200 0.1% 0.0%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 100 0.0% 1.1%
Religion not stated ≈ 3,300 0.2% 0.2%
Total16,48,997100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Balangir district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈18,60,000 (18.6 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Balangir's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Odisha projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 16,48,997.

What was the population of Balangir district in Census 2011?
16,48,997: 8,30,097 males and 8,18,900 females, of whom 1,97,381 lived in towns and 14,51,616 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Balangir?
Literacy was 64.7% in 2011 (men 75.9%, women 53.5%). The sex ratio was 987 females per 1,000 males, and 955 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Balangir district?
Balangir, with 98,238 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Balangir district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 1,784 Census 2011 villages and 8 towns.

⤓ Download Odisha district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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