A district in voices · Census 2011

Bhadrak
More than a single voice.

The largest recorded language group was ODIA, with 13,64,096 people (90.56%). Open the individual entries below: broad groups can contain distinct names and stories.

District population · 201115,06,337

Rural population87.66%13,20,499 people

Urban population12.34%1,85,838 people

This is a historical district profile, not a city survey or a present-day forecast. Mother tongue, community identity, ancestry and the languages used at work are different questions.

The whole district

Denominator: 15,06,337 people in Bhadrak · all areas, 2011.

Census language groups · mutually exclusive totals
Group	People	Share
ODIA	13,64,096	90.56%
URDU	99,531	6.61%
BENGALI	21,936	1.46%
SANTALI	7,102	0.47%
HINDI	4,597	0.31%
OTHERS	1,920	0.13%
TELUGU	1,688	0.11%
MUNDA	1,659	0.11%
KUI	1,348	0.09%
HO	1,128	0.07%
GUJARATI	384	0.03%
SAVARA	299	0.02%
MARATHI	119	<0.01%
TAMIL	88	<0.01%
KURUKH/ORAON	75	<0.01%
BHUMIJ	58	<0.01%
KHOND/KONDH	52	<0.01%
MUNDARI	51	<0.01%
NEPALI	48	<0.01%
ENGLISH	47	<0.01%
PUNJABI	36	<0.01%
BHILI/BHILODI	32	<0.01%
KOYA	18	<0.01%
SANSKRIT	10	<0.01%
ARABIC/ARBI	6	<0.01%
GARO	5	<0.01%
KANNADA	3	<0.01%
MALAYALAM	1	<0.01%

Look inside the groups: individual mother-tongue entries

The entries below are already included in their parent groups above. Do not add both tables together. Only positive recorded counts for this residence category are shown; omission is not proof of an absence of speakers today. Residual group OTHERS has no subordinate entries here.

Individual entries · Census labels and parent classifications retained
Entry / parent group	People	Male	Female	Share
Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 8639	13,64,023	6,87,468	6,76,555	90.55%
Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 8653	99,531	50,999	48,532	6.61%
Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 8616	21,936	11,084	10,852	1.46%
Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 8647	7,102	3,623	3,479	0.47%
Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 8621	4,290	2,246	2,044	0.28%
Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 8651	1,688	849	839	0.11%
Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 8675	1,570	769	801	0.10%
Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 8671	1,348	679	669	0.09%
Ho Under HO · C-16 row 8665	1,128	562	566	0.07%
Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 8618	384	206	178	0.03%
Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 8680	299	153	146	0.02%
Marwari Under HINDI · C-16 row 8623	180	98	82	0.01%
Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 8633	119	65	54	<0.01%
Others Under MUNDA · C-16 row 8676	89	49	40	<0.01%
Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 8649	88	40	48	<0.01%
Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 8673	75	36	39	<0.01%
Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 8620	64	39	25	<0.01%
Bhumij Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 8659	58	24	34	<0.01%
Bhumijali Under ODIA · C-16 row 8638	52	26	26	<0.01%
Khond/Kondh Under KHOND/KONDH · C-16 row 8667	52	29	23	<0.01%
Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 8678	51	29	22	<0.01%
Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 8635	48	24	24	<0.01%
English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 8661	47	28	19	<0.01%
Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 8643	36	22	14	<0.01%
Baori Under BHILI/BHILODI · C-16 row 8657	32	15	17	<0.01%
Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 8626	27	16	11	<0.01%
Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 8625	23	13	10	<0.01%
Koya Under KOYA · C-16 row 8669	18	12	6	<0.01%
Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 8641	13	5	8	<0.01%
Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 8622	11	7	4	<0.01%
Sanskrit Under SANSKRIT · C-16 row 8645	10	7	3	<0.01%
Arabic/Arbi Under ARABIC/ARBI · C-16 row 8655	6	4	2	<0.01%
Garo Under GARO · C-16 row 8663	5	3	2	<0.01%
Bhuiya/Bhuyan[Ori] Under ODIA · C-16 row 8637	4	2	2	<0.01%
Proja (Ori) Under ODIA · C-16 row 8640	4	3	1	<0.01%
Nagpuria Under HINDI · C-16 row 8624	2	1	1	<0.01%
Kannada Under KANNADA · C-16 row 8628	2	0	2	<0.01%
Others Under KANNADA · C-16 row 8629	1	0	1	<0.01%
Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 8631	1	0	1	<0.01%

Rural and urban: two views within the district

Each share below uses the population of that residence category. Rural and urban counts add to the district total; their percentages use different denominators.

Rural population breakdown

Denominator: 13,20,499 people in Bhadrak · rural areas, 2011.

Census language groups · mutually exclusive totals
Group	People	Share
ODIA	12,48,819	94.57%
URDU	38,335	2.90%
BENGALI	19,719	1.49%
SANTALI	5,843	0.44%
OTHERS	1,667	0.13%
MUNDA	1,312	0.10%
HINDI	1,240	0.09%
KUI	1,227	0.09%
TELUGU	942	0.07%
HO	655	0.05%
SAVARA	234	0.02%
GUJARATI	86	<0.01%
KURUKH/ORAON	70	<0.01%
MARATHI	68	<0.01%
TAMIL	64	<0.01%
KHOND/KONDH	50	<0.01%
MUNDARI	47	<0.01%
ENGLISH	41	<0.01%
BHILI/BHILODI	32	<0.01%
KOYA	15	<0.01%
PUNJABI	9	<0.01%
SANSKRIT	8	<0.01%
ARABIC/ARBI	6	<0.01%
GARO	5	<0.01%
KANNADA	3	<0.01%
NEPALI	1	<0.01%
BHUMIJ	1	<0.01%

Look inside the groups: individual mother-tongue entries

Individual entries · Census labels and parent classifications retained
Entry / parent group	People	Male	Female	Share
Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 8639	12,48,797	6,28,764	6,20,033	94.57%
Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 8653	38,335	19,553	18,782	2.90%
Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 8616	19,719	9,933	9,786	1.49%
Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 8647	5,843	2,994	2,849	0.44%
Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 8675	1,312	646	666	0.10%
Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 8671	1,227	613	614	0.09%
Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 8621	1,217	635	582	0.09%
Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 8651	942	477	465	0.07%
Ho Under HO · C-16 row 8665	655	333	322	0.05%
Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 8680	234	112	122	0.02%
Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 8618	86	49	37	<0.01%
Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 8673	70	34	36	<0.01%
Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 8633	68	33	35	<0.01%
Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 8649	64	26	38	<0.01%
Khond/Kondh Under KHOND/KONDH · C-16 row 8667	50	28	22	<0.01%
Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 8678	47	27	20	<0.01%
English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 8661	41	26	15	<0.01%
Baori Under BHILI/BHILODI · C-16 row 8657	32	15	17	<0.01%
Koya Under KOYA · C-16 row 8669	15	11	4	<0.01%
Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 8622	11	7	4	<0.01%
Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 8641	11	4	7	<0.01%
Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 8643	9	7	2	<0.01%
Sanskrit Under SANSKRIT · C-16 row 8645	8	5	3	<0.01%
Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 8625	7	4	3	<0.01%
Arabic/Arbi Under ARABIC/ARBI · C-16 row 8655	6	4	2	<0.01%
Bhumijali Under ODIA · C-16 row 8638	5	2	3	<0.01%
Garo Under GARO · C-16 row 8663	5	3	2	<0.01%
Proja (Ori) Under ODIA · C-16 row 8640	4	3	1	<0.01%
Nagpuria Under HINDI · C-16 row 8624	2	1	1	<0.01%
Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 8626	2	2	0	<0.01%
Kannada Under KANNADA · C-16 row 8628	2	0	2	<0.01%
Bhuiya/Bhuyan[Ori] Under ODIA · C-16 row 8637	2	1	1	<0.01%
Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 8620	1	0	1	<0.01%
Others Under KANNADA · C-16 row 8629	1	0	1	<0.01%
Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 8635	1	1	0	<0.01%
Bhumij Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 8659	1	1	0	<0.01%

Urban population breakdown

Denominator: 1,85,838 people in Bhadrak · urban areas, 2011.

Census language groups · mutually exclusive totals
Group	People	Share
ODIA	1,15,277	62.03%
URDU	61,196	32.93%
HINDI	3,357	1.81%
BENGALI	2,217	1.19%
SANTALI	1,259	0.68%
TELUGU	746	0.40%
HO	473	0.25%
MUNDA	347	0.19%
GUJARATI	298	0.16%
OTHERS	253	0.14%
KUI	121	0.07%
SAVARA	65	0.03%
BHUMIJ	57	0.03%
MARATHI	51	0.03%
NEPALI	47	0.03%
PUNJABI	27	0.01%
TAMIL	24	0.01%
ENGLISH	6	<0.01%
KURUKH/ORAON	5	<0.01%
MUNDARI	4	<0.01%
KOYA	3	<0.01%
SANSKRIT	2	<0.01%
KHOND/KONDH	2	<0.01%
MALAYALAM	1	<0.01%

Look inside the groups: individual mother-tongue entries

Individual entries · Census labels and parent classifications retained
Entry / parent group	People	Male	Female	Share
Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 8639	1,15,226	58,704	56,522	62.00%
Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 8653	61,196	31,446	29,750	32.93%
Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 8621	3,073	1,611	1,462	1.65%
Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 8616	2,217	1,151	1,066	1.19%
Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 8647	1,259	629	630	0.68%
Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 8651	746	372	374	0.40%
Ho Under HO · C-16 row 8665	473	229	244	0.25%
Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 8618	298	157	141	0.16%
Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 8675	258	123	135	0.14%
Marwari Under HINDI · C-16 row 8623	180	98	82	0.10%
Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 8671	121	66	55	0.07%
Others Under MUNDA · C-16 row 8676	89	49	40	0.05%
Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 8680	65	41	24	0.03%
Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 8620	63	39	24	0.03%
Bhumij Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 8659	57	23	34	0.03%
Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 8633	51	32	19	0.03%
Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 8635	47	23	24	0.03%
Bhumijali Under ODIA · C-16 row 8638	47	24	23	0.03%
Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 8643	27	15	12	0.01%
Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 8626	25	14	11	0.01%
Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 8649	24	14	10	0.01%
Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 8625	16	9	7	<0.01%
English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 8661	6	2	4	<0.01%
Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 8673	5	2	3	<0.01%
Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 8678	4	2	2	<0.01%
Koya Under KOYA · C-16 row 8669	3	1	2	<0.01%
Bhuiya/Bhuyan[Ori] Under ODIA · C-16 row 8637	2	1	1	<0.01%
Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 8641	2	1	1	<0.01%
Sanskrit Under SANSKRIT · C-16 row 8645	2	2	0	<0.01%
Khond/Kondh Under KHOND/KONDH · C-16 row 8667	2	1	1	<0.01%
Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 8631	1	0	1	<0.01%

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Sources, geography & interpretation

Census C-16, Odisha, 2011. District code 378; source name Bhadrak. All figures derive from the original workbook retained in our KB. Parent groups contain their individual entries; classification does not determine community-preferred naming.

District figures cannot establish the languages of a particular town, accommodation provider or individual. C-17 multilingualism is statewide and is not apportioned to this district. No migration or ancestry claim is inferred.

Prepared with AI assistance under Ahimanikya Satapathy, Founder & Editor-in-Chief. Community naming and visual review remain open.

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