District of Gujarat
Kheda: 23 lakh people, one story
- People
- 22,99,885
- Area
- 3,953 km²
- Literacy
- 82.65%
- Sex ratio
- 940
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KhedaGujarat
The history, places and schemes of Kheda are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.
Kheda in 8 numbers
Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts
Population23 lakh#10/26 in Gujarat
Area3,953 km²#17/26 in Gujarat
Population density582 per km²#7/26 in Gujarat▲ state 308
Sex ratio940 females per 1000 males#11/26 in Gujarat▲ state 919
Child sex ratio (0–6)896 girls per 1000 boys#17/26 in Gujarat▲ state 890
Literacy rate82.65%#7/26 in Gujarat▲ state 78.03
Female literacy73.49%#9/26 in Gujarat▲ state 69.68
Urban population22.8%#18/26 in Gujarat▼ state 42.6
People & society
82.7% can read. 940 women for every 1000 men.
Society in numbers (%)
Gender literacy gap: 17.8 percentage points
People by religion
- Hindu 87.0%
- Muslim 11.5%
- Christian 1.2%
- Jain 0.2%
- Other / not stated 0.1%
Sectors at a glance
64 of every 100 workers live off the land
How people earn a living
9.3 lakh workers, 40.6% of all people
This district
Gujarat
- Cultivators 25.6%
- Farm labourers 38.5%
- Household industry 1.3%
- Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 34.5%
Schemes & development
Only 60% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.
What homes had in 2011 (% of households)
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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Sources
- Census of India 2011: A-01 (area, households), Primary Census Abstract and Houselisting tables, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner
- District boundaries: DataMeet India, Census 2011 districts (CC BY 2.5 IN)
Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.