A district in voices · Census 2011
Jajapur
More than a single voice.
The largest recorded language group was ODIA, with 16,49,457 people (90.27%). Open the individual entries below: broad groups can contain distinct names and stories.
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: 18,27,192 people in Jajapur · all areas, 2011.
| Group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ODIA | 16,49,457 | 90.27% |
| URDU | 87,589 | 4.79% |
| HO | 38,172 | 2.09% |
| SANTALI | 13,467 | 0.74% |
| MUNDA | 12,644 | 0.69% |
| HINDI | 10,094 | 0.55% |
| BENGALI | 6,211 | 0.34% |
| OTHERS | 3,520 | 0.19% |
| TELUGU | 2,363 | 0.13% |
| KUI | 813 | 0.04% |
| MUNDARI | 613 | 0.03% |
| JUANG | 468 | 0.03% |
| KISAN | 384 | 0.02% |
| PUNJABI | 295 | 0.02% |
| BHUMIJ | 192 | 0.01% |
| TAMIL | 151 | <0.01% |
| GUJARATI | 124 | <0.01% |
| KURUKH/ORAON | 103 | <0.01% |
| NEPALI | 90 | <0.01% |
| MALAYALAM | 86 | <0.01% |
| MARATHI | 70 | <0.01% |
| KONKANI | 60 | <0.01% |
| SANSKRIT | 49 | <0.01% |
| ARABIC/ARBI | 42 | <0.01% |
| ENGLISH | 36 | <0.01% |
| SAVARA | 26 | <0.01% |
| MAITHILI | 18 | <0.01% |
| BHILI/BHILODI | 17 | <0.01% |
| KORWA | 12 | <0.01% |
| KHOND/KONDH | 7 | <0.01% |
| KHARIA | 6 | <0.01% |
| ASSAMESE | 4 | <0.01% |
| KANNADA | 4 | <0.01% |
| TRIPURI | 3 | <0.01% |
| ADI | 1 | <0.01% |
| GADABA | 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.
| Entry / parent group | People | Male | Female | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 10610 | 16,49,211 | 8,36,486 | 8,12,725 | 90.26% |
| Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 10626 | 87,589 | 43,809 | 43,780 | 4.79% |
| Ho Under HO · C-16 row 10641 | 38,167 | 19,033 | 19,134 | 2.09% |
| Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 10620 | 13,463 | 6,915 | 6,548 | 0.74% |
| Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 10659 | 12,638 | 6,397 | 6,241 | 0.69% |
| Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10583 | 7,081 | 3,792 | 3,289 | 0.39% |
| Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 10576 | 6,211 | 3,185 | 3,026 | 0.34% |
| Kurmali Thar Under HINDI · C-16 row 10584 | 2,398 | 1,185 | 1,213 | 0.13% |
| Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 10624 | 2,363 | 1,189 | 1,174 | 0.13% |
| Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 10654 | 813 | 399 | 414 | 0.04% |
| Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 10662 | 613 | 316 | 297 | 0.03% |
| Juang Under JUANG · C-16 row 10644 | 468 | 234 | 234 | 0.03% |
| Kisan Under KISAN · C-16 row 10650 | 384 | 191 | 193 | 0.02% |
| Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 10615 | 295 | 159 | 136 | 0.02% |
| Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 10581 | 233 | 136 | 97 | 0.01% |
| Others Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 10635 | 190 | 101 | 89 | 0.01% |
| Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 10613 | 181 | 91 | 90 | <0.01% |
| Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 10622 | 151 | 71 | 80 | <0.01% |
| Sadan/Sadri Under HINDI · C-16 row 10590 | 148 | 76 | 72 | <0.01% |
| Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 10578 | 124 | 61 | 63 | <0.01% |
| Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 10656 | 96 | 49 | 47 | <0.01% |
| Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 10589 | 91 | 44 | 47 | <0.01% |
| Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 10606 | 90 | 41 | 49 | <0.01% |
| Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 10600 | 71 | 38 | 33 | <0.01% |
| Marwari Under HINDI · C-16 row 10587 | 63 | 29 | 34 | <0.01% |
| Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 10603 | 60 | 32 | 28 | <0.01% |
| Kudubi/Kudumbi Under KONKANI · C-16 row 10596 | 57 | 28 | 29 | <0.01% |
| Sanskrit Under SANSKRIT · C-16 row 10617 | 49 | 26 | 23 | <0.01% |
| Arabic/Arbi Under ARABIC/ARBI · C-16 row 10630 | 42 | 19 | 23 | <0.01% |
| Desia Under ODIA · C-16 row 10609 | 37 | 20 | 17 | <0.01% |
| English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 10637 | 36 | 18 | 18 | <0.01% |
| Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 10591 | 29 | 16 | 13 | <0.01% |
| Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 10664 | 26 | 13 | 13 | <0.01% |
| Chhattisgarhi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10582 | 19 | 7 | 12 | <0.01% |
| Maithili Under MAITHILI · C-16 row 10598 | 18 | 10 | 8 | <0.01% |
| Bhumijali Under ODIA · C-16 row 10608 | 17 | 8 | 9 | <0.01% |
| Baori Under BHILI/BHILODI · C-16 row 10632 | 17 | 8 | 9 | <0.01% |
| Others Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 10601 | 15 | 7 | 8 | <0.01% |
| Baghati/Baghati Pahari Under HINDI · C-16 row 10580 | 13 | 5 | 8 | <0.01% |
| Others Under KORWA · C-16 row 10652 | 12 | 7 | 5 | <0.01% |
| Nagpuria Under HINDI · C-16 row 10588 | 11 | 8 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Others Under MARATHI · C-16 row 10604 | 10 | 4 | 6 | <0.01% |
| Proja (Ori) Under ODIA · C-16 row 10611 | 9 | 4 | 5 | <0.01% |
| Khond/Kondh Under KHOND/KONDH · C-16 row 10648 | 7 | 4 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Others Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 10657 | 7 | 4 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Kharia Under KHARIA · C-16 row 10646 | 6 | 3 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Others Under MUNDA · C-16 row 10660 | 6 | 3 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Lohara Under HO · C-16 row 10642 | 5 | 2 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Assamese Under ASSAMESE · C-16 row 10574 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 10585 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Magadhi/Magahi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10586 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Kannada Under KANNADA · C-16 row 10593 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Mahili Under SANTALI · C-16 row 10619 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Konkani Under KONKANI · C-16 row 10595 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Kokbarak Under TRIPURI · C-16 row 10666 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Sambalpuri Under ODIA · C-16 row 10612 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Bhumij Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 10634 | 2 | 0 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Adi Under ADI · C-16 row 10628 | 1 | 1 | 0 | <0.01% |
| Gadaba Under GADABA · C-16 row 10639 | 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: 16,92,095 people in Jajapur · rural areas, 2011.
| Group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ODIA | 15,49,241 | 91.56% |
| URDU | 67,554 | 3.99% |
| HO | 34,601 | 2.04% |
| SANTALI | 11,811 | 0.70% |
| MUNDA | 11,658 | 0.69% |
| HINDI | 6,614 | 0.39% |
| BENGALI | 3,617 | 0.21% |
| OTHERS | 2,801 | 0.17% |
| TELUGU | 1,323 | 0.08% |
| KUI | 688 | 0.04% |
| MUNDARI | 582 | 0.03% |
| JUANG | 468 | 0.03% |
| KISAN | 376 | 0.02% |
| BHUMIJ | 190 | 0.01% |
| KURUKH/ORAON | 103 | <0.01% |
| PUNJABI | 75 | <0.01% |
| KONKANI | 58 | <0.01% |
| TAMIL | 52 | <0.01% |
| GUJARATI | 47 | <0.01% |
| ARABIC/ARBI | 42 | <0.01% |
| MARATHI | 33 | <0.01% |
| ENGLISH | 33 | <0.01% |
| SAVARA | 25 | <0.01% |
| NEPALI | 22 | <0.01% |
| SANSKRIT | 21 | <0.01% |
| MALAYALAM | 19 | <0.01% |
| BHILI/BHILODI | 17 | <0.01% |
| KORWA | 12 | <0.01% |
| KHOND/KONDH | 7 | <0.01% |
| TRIPURI | 3 | <0.01% |
| ASSAMESE | 1 | <0.01% |
| ADI | 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.
| Entry / parent group | People | Male | Female | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 10610 | 15,49,160 | 7,84,890 | 7,64,270 | 91.55% |
| Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 10626 | 67,554 | 33,643 | 33,911 | 3.99% |
| Ho Under HO · C-16 row 10641 | 34,596 | 17,271 | 17,325 | 2.04% |
| Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 10620 | 11,811 | 6,076 | 5,735 | 0.70% |
| Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 10659 | 11,658 | 5,896 | 5,762 | 0.69% |
| Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10583 | 4,176 | 2,190 | 1,986 | 0.25% |
| Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 10576 | 3,617 | 1,840 | 1,777 | 0.21% |
| Kurmali Thar Under HINDI · C-16 row 10584 | 2,202 | 1,080 | 1,122 | 0.13% |
| Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 10624 | 1,323 | 659 | 664 | 0.08% |
| Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 10654 | 688 | 330 | 358 | 0.04% |
| Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 10662 | 582 | 302 | 280 | 0.03% |
| Juang Under JUANG · C-16 row 10644 | 468 | 234 | 234 | 0.03% |
| Kisan Under KISAN · C-16 row 10650 | 376 | 187 | 189 | 0.02% |
| Others Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 10635 | 188 | 100 | 88 | 0.01% |
| Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 10581 | 116 | 67 | 49 | <0.01% |
| Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 10656 | 96 | 49 | 47 | <0.01% |
| Sadan/Sadri Under HINDI · C-16 row 10590 | 76 | 38 | 38 | <0.01% |
| Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 10615 | 75 | 36 | 39 | <0.01% |
| Kudubi/Kudumbi Under KONKANI · C-16 row 10596 | 55 | 26 | 29 | <0.01% |
| Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 10622 | 52 | 26 | 26 | <0.01% |
| Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 10578 | 47 | 24 | 23 | <0.01% |
| Arabic/Arbi Under ARABIC/ARBI · C-16 row 10630 | 42 | 19 | 23 | <0.01% |
| Desia Under ODIA · C-16 row 10609 | 37 | 20 | 17 | <0.01% |
| English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 10637 | 33 | 16 | 17 | <0.01% |
| Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 10664 | 25 | 12 | 13 | <0.01% |
| Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 10603 | 23 | 11 | 12 | <0.01% |
| Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 10606 | 22 | 10 | 12 | <0.01% |
| Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 10613 | 22 | 12 | 10 | <0.01% |
| Sanskrit Under SANSKRIT · C-16 row 10617 | 21 | 10 | 11 | <0.01% |
| Baori Under BHILI/BHILODI · C-16 row 10632 | 17 | 8 | 9 | <0.01% |
| Others Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 10601 | 15 | 7 | 8 | <0.01% |
| Baghati/Baghati Pahari Under HINDI · C-16 row 10580 | 13 | 5 | 8 | <0.01% |
| Bhumijali Under ODIA · C-16 row 10608 | 13 | 6 | 7 | <0.01% |
| Others Under KORWA · C-16 row 10652 | 12 | 7 | 5 | <0.01% |
| Others Under MARATHI · C-16 row 10604 | 10 | 4 | 6 | <0.01% |
| Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 10591 | 9 | 4 | 5 | <0.01% |
| Proja (Ori) Under ODIA · C-16 row 10611 | 9 | 4 | 5 | <0.01% |
| Marwari Under HINDI · C-16 row 10587 | 8 | 6 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Chhattisgarhi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10582 | 7 | 1 | 6 | <0.01% |
| Khond/Kondh Under KHOND/KONDH · C-16 row 10648 | 7 | 4 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Others Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 10657 | 7 | 4 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Lohara Under HO · C-16 row 10642 | 5 | 2 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 10585 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 10600 | 4 | 1 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 10589 | 3 | 3 | 0 | <0.01% |
| Konkani Under KONKANI · C-16 row 10595 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Kokbarak Under TRIPURI · C-16 row 10666 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Bhumij Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 10634 | 2 | 0 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Assamese Under ASSAMESE · C-16 row 10574 | 1 | 0 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Adi Under ADI · C-16 row 10628 | 1 | 1 | 0 | <0.01% |
Urban population breakdown
Denominator: 1,35,097 people in Jajapur · urban areas, 2011.
| Group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ODIA | 1,00,216 | 74.18% |
| URDU | 20,035 | 14.83% |
| HO | 3,571 | 2.64% |
| HINDI | 3,480 | 2.58% |
| BENGALI | 2,594 | 1.92% |
| SANTALI | 1,656 | 1.23% |
| TELUGU | 1,040 | 0.77% |
| MUNDA | 986 | 0.73% |
| OTHERS | 719 | 0.53% |
| PUNJABI | 220 | 0.16% |
| KUI | 125 | 0.09% |
| TAMIL | 99 | 0.07% |
| GUJARATI | 77 | 0.06% |
| NEPALI | 68 | 0.05% |
| MALAYALAM | 67 | 0.05% |
| MARATHI | 37 | 0.03% |
| MUNDARI | 31 | 0.02% |
| SANSKRIT | 28 | 0.02% |
| MAITHILI | 18 | 0.01% |
| KISAN | 8 | <0.01% |
| KHARIA | 6 | <0.01% |
| KANNADA | 4 | <0.01% |
| ASSAMESE | 3 | <0.01% |
| ENGLISH | 3 | <0.01% |
| KONKANI | 2 | <0.01% |
| BHUMIJ | 2 | <0.01% |
| GADABA | 1 | <0.01% |
| SAVARA | 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.
| Entry / parent group | People | Male | Female | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 10610 | 1,00,051 | 51,596 | 48,455 | 74.06% |
| Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 10626 | 20,035 | 10,166 | 9,869 | 14.83% |
| Ho Under HO · C-16 row 10641 | 3,571 | 1,762 | 1,809 | 2.64% |
| Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10583 | 2,905 | 1,602 | 1,303 | 2.15% |
| Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 10576 | 2,594 | 1,345 | 1,249 | 1.92% |
| Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 10620 | 1,652 | 839 | 813 | 1.22% |
| Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 10624 | 1,040 | 530 | 510 | 0.77% |
| Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 10659 | 980 | 501 | 479 | 0.73% |
| Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 10615 | 220 | 123 | 97 | 0.16% |
| Kurmali Thar Under HINDI · C-16 row 10584 | 196 | 105 | 91 | 0.15% |
| Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 10613 | 159 | 79 | 80 | 0.12% |
| Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 10654 | 125 | 69 | 56 | 0.09% |
| Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 10581 | 117 | 69 | 48 | 0.09% |
| Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 10622 | 99 | 45 | 54 | 0.07% |
| Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 10589 | 88 | 41 | 47 | 0.07% |
| Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 10578 | 77 | 37 | 40 | 0.06% |
| Sadan/Sadri Under HINDI · C-16 row 10590 | 72 | 38 | 34 | 0.05% |
| Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 10606 | 68 | 31 | 37 | 0.05% |
| Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 10600 | 67 | 37 | 30 | 0.05% |
| Marwari Under HINDI · C-16 row 10587 | 55 | 23 | 32 | 0.04% |
| Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 10603 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 0.03% |
| Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 10662 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 0.02% |
| Sanskrit Under SANSKRIT · C-16 row 10617 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.02% |
| Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 10591 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0.01% |
| Maithili Under MAITHILI · C-16 row 10598 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0.01% |
| Chhattisgarhi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10582 | 12 | 6 | 6 | <0.01% |
| Nagpuria Under HINDI · C-16 row 10588 | 11 | 8 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Kisan Under KISAN · C-16 row 10650 | 8 | 4 | 4 | <0.01% |
| Kharia Under KHARIA · C-16 row 10646 | 6 | 3 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Others Under MUNDA · C-16 row 10660 | 6 | 3 | 3 | <0.01% |
| Magadhi/Magahi Under HINDI · C-16 row 10586 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Kannada Under KANNADA · C-16 row 10593 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Bhumijali Under ODIA · C-16 row 10608 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Mahili Under SANTALI · C-16 row 10619 | 4 | 2 | 2 | <0.01% |
| Assamese Under ASSAMESE · C-16 row 10574 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <0.01% |
| English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 10637 | 3 | 2 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Kudubi/Kudumbi Under KONKANI · C-16 row 10596 | 2 | 2 | 0 | <0.01% |
| Sambalpuri Under ODIA · C-16 row 10612 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Others Under BHUMIJ · C-16 row 10635 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Gadaba Under GADABA · C-16 row 10639 | 1 | 0 | 1 | <0.01% |
| Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 10664 | 1 | 1 | 0 | <0.01% |
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Sources, geography & interpretation
Census C-16, Odisha, 2011. District code 382; source name Jajapur. 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.
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