Palamu
| Palamu District | |
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| State | Jharkhand |
| Administrative headquarters : | Medininagar |
| Area : | 4393 km² |
| Residents : | 1,939,869 (2011) |
| Population density : | 442 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.palamu.gov.in |
Palamu is a district in the Indian state of Jharkhand .
The area is 4393 km². The administrative seat is the city of Medininagar (formerly Daltonganj).
population
Population statistics have been available since 2001:
| year | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,537,465 | 1,939,869 |
The population was 1,939,869 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 26.17% and was therefore very high. Palamu has a gender ratio of 928 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 63.63% in 2011 , an increase of almost 2 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is below the national average. Almost 86.8% of the population are Hindus , approx. 12.3% are Muslims , approx. 0.3% are Christians and approx. 0.6% did not state any religious affiliation or practiced other religions. 17% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 11.7% of the population live in cities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Palamu District Population 2001–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
