HPSC · District of Haryana

Rewari: 9 lakh people, one story

People
9,00,332
Area
1,594 km²
Literacy
80.99%
Sex ratio
898
Top 3 in HaryanaSex ratio: 898 females per 1000 males. Rank 3 of 21 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in HaryanaPopulation: 9,00,332. Rank 20 of 21.See the numbers →Big number9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 565 to every km².See the numbers →

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RewariHaryana

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

Rewari in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population9 lakh#20/21 in Haryana
Area1,594 km²#13/21 in Haryana
Population density565 per km²#13/21 in Haryana▼ state 573
Sex ratio898 females per 1000 males#3/21 in Haryana▲ state 879
Child sex ratio (0–6)787 girls per 1000 boys#19/21 in Haryana▼ state 834
Literacy rate80.99%#5/21 in Haryana▲ state 75.55
Female literacy69.57%#9/21 in Haryana▲ state 65.94
Urban population25.9%#12/21 in Haryana▼ state 34.9

People & society

81.0% can read. 898 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
91.484.1
Female literacy
69.665.9
Scheduled Castes
20.320.2
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
25.934.9

Gender literacy gap: 21.9 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 98.8%
  • Muslim 0.6%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    39 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.4 lakh workers, 37.5% of all people

    This district
    Haryana
    • Cultivators 30.4%
    • Farm labourers 8.4%
    • Household industry 2.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 58.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 57% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      56.860.2
      Latrine at home
      37.445.7
      Tap water
      45.645.8
      LPG / PNG
      23.329.3
      Phone
      51.052.8
      Television
      40.545.2
      Bicycle
      26.629.8
      Two-wheeler
      21.922.2

      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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