HPSC · District of Haryana

Yamunanagar: 12.1 lakh people, one story

People
12,14,205
Area
1,768 km²
Literacy
77.99%
Sex ratio
877
Top 3 in HaryanaScheduled Tribes: 0.0 % of people. Rank 3 of 21 districts.See the numbers →Big number12.1 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 687 to every km².See the numbers →

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YamunanagarHaryana

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

Yamunanagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population12.1 lakh#9/21 in Haryana
Area1,768 km²#11/21 in Haryana
Population density687 per km²#7/21 in Haryana▲ state 573
Sex ratio877 females per 1000 males#12/21 in Haryana▼ state 879
Child sex ratio (0–6)826 girls per 1000 boys#13/21 in Haryana▼ state 834
Literacy rate77.99%#9/21 in Haryana▲ state 75.55
Female literacy71.38%#6/21 in Haryana▲ state 65.94
Urban population38.9%#7/21 in Haryana▲ state 34.9

People & society

78.0% can read. 877 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.884.1
Female literacy
71.465.9
Scheduled Castes
25.320.2
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
38.934.9

Gender literacy gap: 12.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 81.1%
  • Muslim 11.4%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Sikh 7.0%
  • Jain 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    35 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.9 lakh workers, 32.1% of all people

    This district
    Haryana
    • Cultivators 15.8%
    • Farm labourers 18.8%
    • Household industry 3.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 62.2%

      Schemes & development

      Only 61% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      60.860.2
      Latrine at home
      41.645.7
      Tap water
      49.545.8
      LPG / PNG
      30.529.3
      Phone
      49.052.8
      Television
      47.145.2
      Bicycle
      41.429.8
      Two-wheeler
      24.622.2

      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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