District of Gujarat

Jamnagar: 21.6 lakh people, one story

People
21,60,119
Area
14,184 km²
Literacy
73.65%
Sex ratio
939
Top 3 in GujaratArea: 14,184 km². Rank 2 of 26 districts.See the numbers →Big number21.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 152 to every km².See the numbers →

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JamnagarGujarat

The history, places and schemes of Jamnagar are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Jamnagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population21.6 lakh#11/26 in Gujarat
Area14,184 km²#2/26 in Gujarat
Population density152 per km²#24/26 in Gujarat▼ state 308
Sex ratio939 females per 1000 males#12/26 in Gujarat▲ state 919
Child sex ratio (0–6)904 girls per 1000 boys#11/26 in Gujarat▲ state 890
Literacy rate73.65%#18/26 in Gujarat▼ state 78.03
Female literacy65.33%#17/26 in Gujarat▼ state 69.68
Urban population45.0%#6/26 in Gujarat▲ state 42.6

People & society

73.7% can read. 939 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
81.585.8
Female literacy
65.369.7
Scheduled Castes
8.16.7
Scheduled Tribes
1.114.8
Living in towns
45.042.6

Gender literacy gap: 16.2 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 83.8%
  • Muslim 14.9%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Jain 0.9%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    49 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.5 lakh workers, 39.2% of all people

    This district
    Gujarat
    • Cultivators 31.2%
    • Farm labourers 17.4%
    • Household industry 1.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 50.1%

      Schemes & development

      Only 60% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      59.862.8
      Latrine at home
      37.639.9
      Tap water
      45.048.0
      LPG / PNG
      22.126.6
      Phone
      51.447.9
      Television
      41.937.4
      Bicycle
      24.324.2
      Two-wheeler
      28.723.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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