HPSC · District of Haryana

Jhajjar: 9.6 lakh people, one story

People
9,58,405
Area
1,834 km²
Literacy
80.65%
Sex ratio
862
Lowest in HaryanaChild sex ratio (0–6): 782 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 20 of 21.See the numbers →Big number9.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 523 to every km².See the numbers →

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JhajjarHaryana

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

Jhajjar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population9.6 lakh#17/21 in Haryana
Area1,834 km²#10/21 in Haryana
Population density523 per km²#14/21 in Haryana▼ state 573
Sex ratio862 females per 1000 males#19/21 in Haryana▼ state 879
Child sex ratio (0–6)782 girls per 1000 boys#20/21 in Haryana▼ state 834
Literacy rate80.65%#6/21 in Haryana▲ state 75.55
Female literacy70.73%#7/21 in Haryana▲ state 65.94
Urban population25.4%#13/21 in Haryana▼ state 34.9

People & society

80.6% can read. 862 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
89.384.1
Female literacy
70.765.9
Scheduled Castes
17.820.2
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
25.434.9

Gender literacy gap: 18.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 98.7%
  • Muslim 0.9%
  • Sikh 0.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    48 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.3 lakh workers, 34.1% of all people

    This district
    Haryana
    • Cultivators 34.4%
    • Farm labourers 13.7%
    • Household industry 2.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 49.0%

      Schemes & development

      Only 58% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      58.160.2
      Latrine at home
      42.645.7
      Tap water
      46.045.8
      LPG / PNG
      24.229.3
      Phone
      50.052.8
      Television
      44.145.2
      Bicycle
      24.129.8
      Two-wheeler
      18.222.2

      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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