HPSC · District of Haryana

Panipat: 12.1 lakh people, one story

People
12,05,437
Area
1,268 km²
Literacy
75.94%
Sex ratio
864
Top 3 in HaryanaHomes with electricity (2011): 64.1 % of households. Rank 2 of 21 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in HaryanaPopulation density: 951 per km². Rank 3 of 21 districts.See the numbers →Big number12.1 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 951 to every km².See the numbers →

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PanipatHaryana

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

Panipat in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population12.1 lakh#10/21 in Haryana
Area1,268 km²#18/21 in Haryana
Population density951 per km²#3/21 in Haryana▲ state 573
Sex ratio864 females per 1000 males#18/21 in Haryana▼ state 879
Child sex ratio (0–6)837 girls per 1000 boys#9/21 in Haryana▲ state 834
Literacy rate75.94%#12/21 in Haryana▲ state 75.55
Female literacy67.00%#11/21 in Haryana▲ state 65.94
Urban population46.0%#4/21 in Haryana▲ state 34.9

People & society

75.9% can read. 864 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.784.1
Female literacy
67.065.9
Scheduled Castes
17.120.2
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
46.034.9

Gender literacy gap: 16.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 89.9%
  • Muslim 7.2%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 2.1%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    33 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    4.1 lakh workers, 34.2% of all people

    This district
    Haryana
    • Cultivators 17.5%
    • Farm labourers 15.1%
    • Household industry 3.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 63.5%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      64.160.2
      Latrine at home
      54.045.7
      Tap water
      44.645.8
      LPG / PNG
      37.229.3
      Phone
      52.852.8
      Television
      49.645.2
      Bicycle
      27.729.8
      Two-wheeler
      22.922.2

      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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