per the previous data, and this has increased to 990 in the year 2001.Chhattisgarh stands 17th in the country in terms of total population. The literacy rate of Chhattisgarh has increased by 23% in the last 10 years; the present literacy rate being 65.18%. The average density of population in Chhattisgarh is 154 persons/sq Km.

The table below provides the sex wise population data of all the districts of Chhattisgarh and change in the decadal growth rate during the last two decades:

According to the 2001 census, the total population of Chhattisgarh is 20,795,956 of which 10,452,426 are males and 10,343,530 are females. The decadal growth rate for 1991-2002 has been estimated to be 18.06%, which is 7.67% less than that of 1981-1991. The population of children between 0 – 6 years in Chhattisgarh is 3,469,774. The districts with maximum population are Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Surguja and Bastar respectively. The districts with minimum population are Kawardha, Koria, Kanker, Dhamtari and Dantewada.

The table below shows the average density of population in each of the districts in the year 1991 and 2001.