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Districts / Odisha

Cuttack district

Cuttack in Odisha had 26.24 lakh people (26,24,470) in the 2011 Census, the 156th most populous of India's 640 districts and 2nd of 30 in Odisha. 85.5% of people aged seven and over could read and write, against 73.0% nationally.

Population, 2011

26.24 lakh

156th of 640 in India, 2nd of 30 in Odisha

Literacy rate

85.5%

64th in India, 3rd in Odisha

Sex ratio

940

females per 1,000 males; India 943

Child sex ratio (0-6)

914

girls per 1,000 boys; India 918

Urban population

28.1%

7.36 lakh in towns and cities

Households

5.79 lakh

4.5 people per household

Cuttack against Odisha and India

Measure, 2011CuttackOdishaIndia
Population26,24,4704,19,74,2181,21,08,54,977
Literacy rate (age 7+)85.5%72.9%73.0%
Male literacy91.1%81.6%80.9%
Female literacy79.5%64.0%64.6%
Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males)940979943
Child sex ratio (age 0-6)914941918
Urban population28.1%16.7%31.1%
Scheduled Castes19.0%17.1%16.6%
Scheduled Tribes3.6%22.9%8.6%
Workers, share of population35.7%41.8%39.8%
Women who work, share of women13.7%27.2%25.5%
Children aged 0-6, share of population10.4%12.6%13.6%
Persons per household4.534.364.85

Literacy in Cuttack, Odisha and India

People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract

What workers do in Cuttack

Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract

Other districts in Odisha

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1Ganjam35,29,03171.1%98321.8%
2Cuttack26,24,47085.5%94028.1%
3Mayurbhanj25,19,73863.2%10067.7%
4Baleshwar23,20,52979.8%95710.9%
5Khordha22,51,67386.9%92948.2%
6Sundargarh20,93,43773.3%97335.3%
7Jajapur18,27,19280.1%9737.4%
8Kendujhar18,01,73368.2%98814.1%
9Puri16,98,73084.7%96315.6%
10Balangir16,48,99764.7%98712.0%
11Kalahandi15,76,86959.2%10037.7%
12Bhadrak15,06,33782.8%98112.3%
13Bargarh14,81,25574.6%97710.1%
14Kendrapara14,40,36185.2%10075.8%
15Koraput13,79,64749.2%103216.4%

All districts of Odisha · All districts of India · Population by state

Questions

What is the population of Cuttack district?

Cuttack district had 26,24,470 people in the 2011 Census (13,52,760 males and 12,71,710 females). It was the 156th most populous of India's 640 districts and 2nd of 30 in Odisha.

What is the literacy rate of Cuttack?

85.50% in 2011: 91.11% for men and 79.55% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The Odisha rate was 72.87% and India's 72.98%.

What is the sex ratio of Cuttack?

940 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 979 in Odisha and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 914 girls per 1,000 boys.

How urban is Cuttack?

28.1% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, more than the Odisha share of 16.7%.

Is this the latest data?

Yes for district-level counts of population, literacy and workers: the 2011 Census is the latest completed census. Census 2027 will replace these figures. District boundaries are as they were in 2011.

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India in Data, "Cuttack district, Odisha: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/odisha/cuttack. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).

About these figures

All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.

Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.

Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).