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Nayagarh district
Nayagarh district
District of Odisha
	Top: Nilamadhav Temple; Bottom: Mahanadi near Nayagarh
	Location in Odisha
	Coordinates: 20°06′58″N 85°00′36″E / 20.116°N 85.01°E
Country	India
State	Odisha
Headquarters	Nayagarh
Government
• Collector & District Magistrate	Swadha Dev Singh, IAS
• Member of Lok Sabha	Sambit Patra (BJP)
Area
• Total	3,890 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	962,789
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	752069
Vehicle registration	OD-25
Sex ratio	0.994 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Puri
Climate	Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,449.1 millimetres (57.05 in)
Website	nayagarh.odisha.gov.in

Nayagarh district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in eastern India. It was created in 1st April 1993^[2] when the erstwhile Puri District was split into three distinct districts, namely Khordha, Nayagarh and Puri.

The district is bordered by Khordha district to the south and east, Cuttack district to the east and north, Angul district to the north, Boudh district to the northwest, Kandhamal district to the west and Ganjam district to the southwest.

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Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1901	331,061	—
1911	337,561	+2.0%
1921	303,665	−10.0%
1931	336,493	+10.8%
1941	363,652	+8.1%
1951	392,506	+7.9%
1961	470,878	+20.0%
1971	578,498	+22.9%
1981	683,392	+18.1%
1991	782,647	+14.5%
2001	864,516	+10.5%
2011	962,789	+11.4%
Source: Census of India^[3]

Religions in Nayagarh district (2011)^[4]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			99.27%
Islam			0.55%
Other or not stated			0.18%

According to the 2011 census, Nayagarh district has a population of 962,789,^[1] roughly equal to the nation of Fiji^[5] or the US state of Montana.^[6] This gives it a ranking of 453rd in India (out of a total of 640).^[1] The district has a population density of 247 inhabitants per square kilometre (640/sq mi).^[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.3%.^[1] Nayagarh has a sex ratio of 916 females for every 1000 males,^[1] and a literacy rate of 79.17%. 8.28% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.17% and 6.10% of the population respectively.^[1]