Khunti (district)
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| State | Jharkhand |
| Administrative headquarters : | Khunti |
| Area : | 2535 km² |
| Residents : | 531,885 (2011) |
| Population density : | 210 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.khunti.gov.in |
Khunti is a district in the Indian state of Jharkhand .
The area is 2535 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Khunti .
history
In 1875 Birsa Munda , a freedom fighter against the British colonial masters, was born in the district. He belonged to the indigenous people of the Munda .
Today the district belongs to the Naxalite - communist influenced " Red Corridor ".
population
Population statistics have been available since 2001:
| year | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 434.819 | 531.885 |
The population was 531,885 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 31.77% and was therefore very high. Khunti has a gender ratio of 953 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 60.18% in 2011 , an increase of almost 17 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy was still well below the national average. Almost 26.1% of the population are Hindus , approx. 25.7% are Christians , approx. 2.5% are Muslims , approx. 0.1% are Buddhists , and approx. 45.7% stated no religious affiliation or did not practice other religions. Children under 6 years of age were 16.2% of the population.
Almost 8.5% of the population live in cities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birsa Mumda commemorative postage stamp and biography India Post , November 15, 1988 .
- ↑ Jharkhand Police . Retrieved on March 10, 2009 ( page no longer available )
- ↑ Khunti District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
