North East vs North West
Population
22.4 lakh
36.6 lakh
Areakm²
62
443
Population densityper km²
36,155
8,254
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
886
865
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
880
865
Literacy rate%
83.09
84.45
Female literacy%
76.67
78.41
Urban population%
99.0
94.1
Scheduled Castes% of people
16.7
19.1
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.0
0.0
Workers in farming% of workers
0.7
2.1
Household industry workers% of workers
4.6
3.0
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
80.4
70.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
73.2
60.9
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
77.1
60.2
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.