A district in voices · Census 2011

Subarnapur
More than a single voice.

The largest recorded language group was ODIA, with 6,04,083 people (99.00%). Open the individual entries below: broad groups can contain distinct names and stories.

District population · 20116,10,183

Rural population91.82%5,60,242 people

Urban population8.18%49,941 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: 6,10,183 people in Subarnapur · all areas, 2011.

Census language groups · mutually exclusive totals
Group	People	Share
ODIA	6,04,083	99.00%
HINDI	2,196	0.36%
MUNDA	1,170	0.19%
TELUGU	1,098	0.18%
GARO	314	0.05%
KHARIA	254	0.04%
TAMIL	183	0.03%
KISAN	156	0.03%
MUNDARI	148	0.02%
KURUKH/ORAON	139	0.02%
BENGALI	94	0.02%
KUI	69	0.01%
URDU	63	0.01%
GUJARATI	62	0.01%
NEPALI	27	<0.01%
MALAYALAM	26	<0.01%
SANTALI	19	<0.01%
ENGLISH	16	<0.01%
GONDI	16	<0.01%
MAITHILI	15	<0.01%
MARATHI	9	<0.01%
LADAKHI	7	<0.01%
PUNJABI	6	<0.01%
SAVARA	6	<0.01%
KONDA	3	<0.01%
OTHERS	3	<0.01%
KONKANI	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
Sambalpuri Under ODIA · C-16 row 16020	3,64,067	1,85,743	1,78,324	59.67%
Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 16019	2,39,788	1,22,237	1,17,551	39.30%
Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 16001	1,776	969	807	0.29%
Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 16054	1,169	612	557	0.19%
Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 16030	1,095	559	536	0.18%
Others Under GARO · C-16 row 16037	314	153	161	0.05%
Kharia Under KHARIA · C-16 row 16042	254	145	109	0.04%
Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 16021	228	116	112	0.04%
Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 16028	183	86	97	0.03%
Kisan Under KISAN · C-16 row 16044	156	80	76	0.03%
Sadan/Sadri Under HINDI · C-16 row 16005	152	82	70	0.02%
Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 16057	148	78	70	0.02%
Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 16050	139	77	62	0.02%
Nagpuria Under HINDI · C-16 row 16003	104	54	50	0.02%
Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 15994	94	53	41	0.02%
Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 16002	70	32	38	0.01%
Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 16048	69	34	35	0.01%
Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 16033	63	34	29	0.01%
Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 15996	61	36	25	<0.01%
Chhattisgarhi Under HINDI · C-16 row 16000	49	24	25	<0.01%
Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 16017	27	16	11	<0.01%
Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 16006	26	13	13	<0.01%
Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 16012	26	11	15	<0.01%
Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 15999	16	10	6	<0.01%
Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 16026	16	8	8	<0.01%
English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 16035	16	8	8	<0.01%
Maithili Under MAITHILI · C-16 row 16010	15	9	6	<0.01%
Gondi Under GONDI · C-16 row 16039	15	6	9	<0.01%
Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 16015	8	4	4	<0.01%
Ladakhi Under LADAKHI · C-16 row 16052	7	5	2	<0.01%
Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 16023	6	3	3	<0.01%
Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 16059	6	2	4	<0.01%
Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 16004	3	3	0	<0.01%
Mahili Under SANTALI · C-16 row 16025	3	2	1	<0.01%
Others Under TELUGU · C-16 row 16031	3	1	2	<0.01%
Konda Under KONDA · C-16 row 16046	3	2	1	<0.01%
Others Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 15997	1	1	0	<0.01%
Kudubi/Kudumbi Under KONKANI · C-16 row 16008	1	1	0	<0.01%
Koli Under MARATHI · C-16 row 16014	1	0	1	<0.01%
Others Under GONDI · C-16 row 16040	1	0	1	<0.01%
Others Under MUNDA · C-16 row 16055	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: 5,60,242 people in Subarnapur · rural areas, 2011.

Census language groups · mutually exclusive totals
Group	People	Share
ODIA	5,55,346	99.13%
HINDI	1,284	0.23%
MUNDA	1,170	0.21%
TELUGU	1,002	0.18%
GARO	299	0.05%
KHARIA	254	0.05%
TAMIL	162	0.03%
KISAN	156	0.03%
MUNDARI	148	0.03%
KURUKH/ORAON	139	0.02%
GUJARATI	62	0.01%
BENGALI	46	<0.01%
URDU	36	<0.01%
KUI	27	<0.01%
NEPALI	21	<0.01%
SANTALI	19	<0.01%
GONDI	16	<0.01%
ENGLISH	15	<0.01%
LADAKHI	7	<0.01%
MAITHILI	6	<0.01%
MALAYALAM	6	<0.01%
MARATHI	6	<0.01%
PUNJABI	6	<0.01%
SAVARA	5	<0.01%
OTHERS	3	<0.01%
KONKANI	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
Sambalpuri Under ODIA · C-16 row 16020	3,38,822	1,72,849	1,65,973	60.48%
Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 16019	2,16,301	1,10,087	1,06,214	38.61%
Munda Under MUNDA · C-16 row 16054	1,169	612	557	0.21%
Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 16030	999	516	483	0.18%
Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 16001	890	497	393	0.16%
Others Under GARO · C-16 row 16037	299	147	152	0.05%
Kharia Under KHARIA · C-16 row 16042	254	145	109	0.05%
Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 16021	223	114	109	0.04%
Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 16028	162	76	86	0.03%
Kisan Under KISAN · C-16 row 16044	156	80	76	0.03%
Sadan/Sadri Under HINDI · C-16 row 16005	149	81	68	0.03%
Mundari Under MUNDARI · C-16 row 16057	148	78	70	0.03%
Kurukh/Oraon Under KURUKH/ORAON · C-16 row 16050	139	77	62	0.02%
Nagpuria Under HINDI · C-16 row 16003	104	54	50	0.02%
Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 16002	64	29	35	0.01%
Gujarati Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 15996	61	36	25	0.01%
Chhattisgarhi Under HINDI · C-16 row 16000	49	24	25	<0.01%
Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 15994	46	24	22	<0.01%
Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 16033	36	18	18	<0.01%
Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 16048	27	9	18	<0.01%
Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 16006	24	12	12	<0.01%
Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 16017	21	13	8	<0.01%
Santali Under SANTALI · C-16 row 16026	16	8	8	<0.01%
English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 16035	15	7	8	<0.01%
Gondi Under GONDI · C-16 row 16039	15	6	9	<0.01%
Ladakhi Under LADAKHI · C-16 row 16052	7	5	2	<0.01%
Maithili Under MAITHILI · C-16 row 16010	6	6	0	<0.01%
Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 16012	6	4	2	<0.01%
Punjabi Under PUNJABI · C-16 row 16023	6	3	3	<0.01%
Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 16015	5	3	2	<0.01%
Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 16059	5	2	3	<0.01%
Rajasthani Under HINDI · C-16 row 16004	3	3	0	<0.01%
Mahili Under SANTALI · C-16 row 16025	3	2	1	<0.01%
Others Under TELUGU · C-16 row 16031	3	1	2	<0.01%
Others Under GUJARATI · C-16 row 15997	1	1	0	<0.01%
Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 15999	1	1	0	<0.01%
Kudubi/Kudumbi Under KONKANI · C-16 row 16008	1	1	0	<0.01%
Koli Under MARATHI · C-16 row 16014	1	0	1	<0.01%
Others Under GONDI · C-16 row 16040	1	0	1	<0.01%
Others Under MUNDA · C-16 row 16055	1	0	1	<0.01%

Urban population breakdown

Denominator: 49,941 people in Subarnapur · urban areas, 2011.

Census language groups · mutually exclusive totals
Group	People	Share
ODIA	48,737	97.59%
HINDI	912	1.83%
TELUGU	96	0.19%
BENGALI	48	0.10%
KUI	42	0.08%
URDU	27	0.05%
TAMIL	21	0.04%
MALAYALAM	20	0.04%
GARO	15	0.03%
MAITHILI	9	0.02%
NEPALI	6	0.01%
MARATHI	3	<0.01%
KONDA	3	<0.01%
ENGLISH	1	<0.01%
SAVARA	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
Sambalpuri Under ODIA · C-16 row 16020	25,245	12,894	12,351	50.55%
Odia Under ODIA · C-16 row 16019	23,487	12,150	11,337	47.03%
Hindi Under HINDI · C-16 row 16001	886	472	414	1.77%
Telugu Under TELUGU · C-16 row 16030	96	43	53	0.19%
Bengali Under BENGALI · C-16 row 15994	48	29	19	0.10%
Kui Under KUI · C-16 row 16048	42	25	17	0.08%
Urdu Under URDU · C-16 row 16033	27	16	11	0.05%
Tamil Under TAMIL · C-16 row 16028	21	10	11	0.04%
Malayalam Under MALAYALAM · C-16 row 16012	20	7	13	0.04%
Bhojpuri Under HINDI · C-16 row 15999	15	9	6	0.03%
Others Under GARO · C-16 row 16037	15	6	9	0.03%
Maithili Under MAITHILI · C-16 row 16010	9	3	6	0.02%
Laria Under HINDI · C-16 row 16002	6	3	3	0.01%
Nepali Under NEPALI · C-16 row 16017	6	3	3	0.01%
Others Under ODIA · C-16 row 16021	5	2	3	0.01%
Sadan/Sadri Under HINDI · C-16 row 16005	3	1	2	<0.01%
Marathi Under MARATHI · C-16 row 16015	3	1	2	<0.01%
Konda Under KONDA · C-16 row 16046	3	2	1	<0.01%
Others Under HINDI · C-16 row 16006	2	1	1	<0.01%
English Under ENGLISH · C-16 row 16035	1	1	0	<0.01%
Savara Under SAVARA · C-16 row 16059	1	0	1	<0.01%

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These introductions connect to individual mother-tongue entries recorded here. They are a selection from our growing collection, not a complete list of the district’s languages.

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Sources, geography & interpretation

Census C-16, Odisha, 2011. District code 392; source name Subarnapur. 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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