Main languages spoken in the district are Oriya, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu and
Urdu. Religion-wise breakup of population is indicated below as per 1991 census : Hindus : 1256916
Muslims : 41262
Christians : 259540
Sikhs : 5605,
Buddhists : 184
Jains : 701
Other religions and persuasions : 8002
Religion not stated : 1407.