District of Gujarat

Junagadh: 27.4 lakh people, one story

People
27,43,082
Area
8,831 km²
Literacy
75.80%
Sex ratio
953
Lowest in GujaratHousehold industry workers: 0.9 % of workers. Rank 26 of 26.See the numbers →Big number27.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 311 to every km².See the numbers →

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JunagadhGujarat

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

Junagadh in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population27.4 lakh#7/26 in Gujarat
Area8,831 km²#7/26 in Gujarat
Population density311 per km²#14/26 in Gujarat▲ state 308
Sex ratio953 females per 1000 males#7/26 in Gujarat▲ state 919
Child sex ratio (0–6)907 girls per 1000 boys#10/26 in Gujarat▲ state 890
Literacy rate75.80%#12/26 in Gujarat▼ state 78.03
Female literacy66.86%#14/26 in Gujarat▼ state 69.68
Urban population33.0%#12/26 in Gujarat▼ state 42.6

People & society

75.8% can read. 953 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
84.485.8
Female literacy
66.969.7
Scheduled Castes
9.76.7
Scheduled Tribes
2.014.8
Living in towns
33.042.6

Gender literacy gap: 17.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 87.4%
  • Muslim 12.2%
  • Jain 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    62 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    11.2 lakh workers, 41.0% of all people

    This district
    Gujarat
    • Cultivators 32.7%
    • Farm labourers 29.7%
    • Household industry 0.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 36.7%

      Schemes & development

      Only 64% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      64.262.8
      Latrine at home
      40.439.9
      Tap water
      43.348.0
      LPG / PNG
      18.626.6
      Phone
      52.347.9
      Television
      41.137.4
      Bicycle
      24.424.2
      Two-wheeler
      25.223.7

      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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