South vs North West
Population
27.3 lakh
36.6 lakh
Areakm²
247
443
Population densityper km²
11,060
8,254
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
862
865
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
885
865
Literacy rate%
86.57
84.45
Female literacy%
80.55
78.41
Urban population%
99.6
94.1
Scheduled Castes% of people
15.5
19.1
Scheduled Tribes% of people
0.0
0.0
Workers in farming% of workers
1.0
2.1
Household industry workers% of workers
2.7
3.0
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
75.2
70.2
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
69.1
60.9
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
66.7
60.2
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.