Sambalpur - Demographics

Demographics

Sambalpur city is governed by Municipality which comes under Sambalpur Metropolitan Area. As of 2011 India census, Although Sambalpur city has population of 183,383; its urban / metropolitan population is 269,575 of which 138,826 are males and 130,749 are females which includes Burla and Hirakud. Sambalpur has an average literacy rate of 85.69% of which male and female literacy was 90.30 and 80.92 percent. Sex ratio is 942 and child sex ratio is 882. Total children (0-6) in Sambalpur city are 18,555 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 9,857 boys while 8,698 are girls.

Sambalpur is ethnically very diverse with about 14 communities like Brahmin, karan, teli (oil extractors), gour (milkmen), guria (maker of sweetmeat and pastries), agaria (industrious cultivators), sunari (goldsmith), kultas (cultivators), kewat (boatmen and fisherman), dhobi (washermen), kuli (weaver), bhandari (barber), kamar (blacksmith) ganda (pipers and drummers) and as well as large population of Muslims(Muslims), Sikhs(Sikhs) and Christians (Christians) cohabiting together.