District of Gujarat

Porbandar: 5.9 lakh people, one story

People
5,85,449
Area
2,316 km²
Literacy
75.78%
Sex ratio
950
Lowest in GujaratPopulation: 5,85,449. Rank 25 of 26.See the numbers →Big number5.9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 253 to every km².See the numbers →

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PorbandarGujarat

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

Porbandar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population5.9 lakh#25/26 in Gujarat
Area2,316 km²#23/26 in Gujarat
Population density253 per km²#18/26 in Gujarat▼ state 308
Sex ratio950 females per 1000 males#9/26 in Gujarat▲ state 919
Child sex ratio (0–6)903 girls per 1000 boys#13/26 in Gujarat▲ state 890
Literacy rate75.78%#14/26 in Gujarat▼ state 78.03
Female literacy67.75%#12/26 in Gujarat▼ state 69.68
Urban population48.8%#5/26 in Gujarat▲ state 42.6

People & society

75.8% can read. 950 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.585.8
Female literacy
67.769.7
Scheduled Castes
8.96.7
Scheduled Tribes
2.214.8
Living in towns
48.842.6

Gender literacy gap: 15.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 93.9%
  • Muslim 5.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    50 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    2.3 lakh workers, 39.5% of all people

    This district
    Gujarat
    • Cultivators 28.4%
    • Farm labourers 21.2%
    • Household industry 1.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 49.4%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      63.862.8
      Latrine at home
      39.439.9
      Tap water
      42.248.0
      LPG / PNG
      22.726.6
      Phone
      50.547.9
      Television
      44.037.4
      Bicycle
      22.224.2
      Two-wheeler
      24.623.7

      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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