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Balangir AI Report

Date: June 7, 2025

Balangir, situated in Odisha, has 3% of the state's population.

Balangir is the 345^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Balangir District in Odisha State. Balangir District is 267^th highest ranked in population and 133^rd ranked in area, in India.

Balangir is the 7^th highest ranked in out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates a high pool of literate odia population compared to other cities.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Balangir is the 62^nd highest ranked in . This indicates that the people in this district have shown a greater focus on green energy compared to people in other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Balangir is the 66^th highest ranked in . This indicates that this district has more decentralized governance as compare to other districts.

Odia Script

Odia Script

# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking

# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)

# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)

# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)

Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023

Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023

City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)

City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)

The Average of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is 4319. Balangir is the 612^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This implies that this district is less urbanised and/or has a less developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Balangir is the 609^th worst ranked in . This implies relatively low structured employment due to this location not being a highly urbanized district and/or not a high GDP top 40 metropolis.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Balangir is the 591^st worst ranked in State/UT FB Users % of State Literate Population (%, FB 2025) . This indicates lower facebook IDs in FB Advertising module for this town vis a vis other towns.

Balangir City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Balangir Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.30%	75^th	11013
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.16%	114^th	8430
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.26%	119^th	10185
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.20%	199^th	5059
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.02%	410^th	7300
Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	0.02%	438^th	1540
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	526^th	10365

Balangir Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Princely State	Princely State	1	Kalahandi

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Swami Vivekananda Airport	Raipur	RPR	118 Km

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Community Health Centers	9	113^th	3105
2	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	4836
3	No of Total Hospitals	61	213^th	5717
4	No of Nurses	3392	221^st	1985
5	No of Primary Health Centers	48	224^th	3509

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	2	254^th	3551
2	No of Doctors	1795	405^th	9107
3	No of Hospital Beds	1470	450^th	8323

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	143^rd	2791
2	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	184^th	7906
3	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	229^th	4047

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	75^th	10447
2	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	75^th	8434
3	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	76^th	9841
4	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	155^th	9375
5	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	258^th	1856
6	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	335^th	4791
7	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	376^th	3492
8	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	379^th	3484
9	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	384^th	11204
10	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	393^rd	8684
11	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	394^th	8049
12	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	401^st	2672
13	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	407^th	2776
14	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	413^th	6245
15	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	421^st	4566
16	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	443^rd	1303
17	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	450^th	2735
18	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	454^th	11131
19	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	497^th	8315

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	182^nd	10193
2	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	186^th	7790

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	259^th	5143

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	82^nd	10565
2	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	82^nd	1299
3	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	100^th	3499
4	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	100^th	2703
5	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	111^th	8893
6	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	111^th	2806
7	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	127^th	8929
8	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	159^th	8164
9	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	238^th	1820

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	161^st	5435
2	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	257^th	5104
3	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	407^th	7799
4	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	425^th	8063
5	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	461^st	2048
6	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	464^th	11234
7	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	473^rd	3779
8	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	475^th	1595
9	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	485^th	10189
10	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	494^th	8427
11	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	498^th	8946
12	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	501^st	6220
13	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	520^th	3384
14	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	522^nd	4598
15	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	550^th	6890
16	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	550^th	4709
17	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	580^th	4763
18	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	582^nd	2009
19	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	612^th	10055

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	66^th	5445
2	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	150^th	3860
3	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	281^st	2128

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	577^th	1983

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	87^th	10439
2	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	348^th	2325
3	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	370^th	3582
4	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	401^st	4795
5	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	591^st	7701

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Odia Script	5442	7^th	9315
2	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	243^rd	7578

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	151^st	10276
2	Marathi Script	27903	262^nd	5623
3	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	266^th	9095
4	Tamil Script	23886	327^th	11062
5	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	329^th	2536
6	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	444^th	9009
7	Bengali Script	13153	447^th	6868
8	Malayalam Script	6112	450^th	11240
9	Assamese Script	3229	467^th	5932
10	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	474^th	2424
11	Telugu Script	39429	532^nd	6492
12	English Multilingual Population	50193	545^th	6436
13	Latin Script (English)	2647	551^st	7631
14	Gujarati Script	25953	588^th	3944

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	356^th	4630
2	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	435^th	2878
3	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	475^th	1549

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	62^nd	8777
2	# of Inhabited Villages	777	66^th	5844
3	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	166^th	5709
4	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	180^th	9777
5	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	204^th	7324

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	271^st	6850
2	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	274^th	1374
3	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	296^th	7625
4	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	359^th	7882
5	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	374^th	10180
6	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	397^th	4161
7	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	433^rd	4868
8	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	471^st	3874

Population: 98,238 | Population Rank: 345^th

Area (KM²): 6,575 | Area Rank: 133^rd

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	150^th	1861
2	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	291^st	5852

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	372^nd	11167
2	# of Companies,2023	1876	491^st	7596
3	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	565^th	7104
4	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	576^th	3596
5	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	609^th	2581

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Odia : 92,140
2. English Multilingual Population : 25,389
3. Hindi : 3,996

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	98,238
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	345^th
District Area (km²)	:	6,575
District Area (Rank)	:	133^rd
No.of Towns in District	:	8
No. of Villages in District	:	1,783

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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A - Prarang does not do surveys to collect data. We mostly use Public sources of data - both government census, surveys, reports and private surveys whose results are available in news media & public websites. We follow a three-fold Indian logic ( Tarkashastra) method of information/data classification - We collect Pramana ( Evidence based i.e. Census, Reliable Surveys etc) data & then do Anumana ( Estimation modelling ) to Geo tag fill data in the residual Districts/DHQ (District HQ), to ensure data completion for "All India". We then do Upamana ( comparison) i.e. rank all districts/DHQs for a relative comparison. For each data field, the Samana ( Country Average) is calculated to again rank all districts/DHQs on Rank Above or Rank Below the Samana/Average. All our data sources, and our estimation modeling methods are transparently shared on each data field title , and can be accessed by clicking on the "i" icon.

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Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
A - We are continuously on the lookout for market announcements of new surveys & new data. You can expect important government survey results to be live on our website, within 30 to 45 days after appearing in press/media. We model on spreadsheets & update our SQL databases, after data validation. Many government sources are following a regular frequency (Eg. RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) etc) however, many other data-fields including GDP by State & Crime Rates by State, are not being reported at a regular frequency.