JPSC · District of Jharkhand

Latehar: 7.3 lakh people, one story

People
7,26,978
Area
4,291 km²
Literacy
59.51%
Sex ratio
967
Lowest in JharkhandPopulation density: 169 per km². Rank 23 of 24.See the numbers →Big number7.3 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 169 to every km².See the numbers →

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LateharJharkhand

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

Latehar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population7.3 lakh#20/24 in Jharkhand
Area4,291 km²#6/24 in Jharkhand
Population density169 per km²#23/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 414
Sex ratio967 females per 1000 males#8/24 in Jharkhand▲ state 948
Child sex ratio (0–6)968 girls per 1000 boys#5/24 in Jharkhand▲ state 948
Literacy rate59.51%#20/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 66.41
Female literacy48.68%#19/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 55.42
Urban population7.1%#19/24 in Jharkhand▼ state 24.0

People & society

59.5% can read. 967 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
70.076.8
Female literacy
48.755.4
Scheduled Castes
21.312.1
Scheduled Tribes
45.526.2
Living in towns
7.124.0

Gender literacy gap: 21.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 65.1%
  • Muslim 9.6%
  • Christian 6.6%
  • Other / not stated 18.7%

    Sectors at a glance

    79 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.1 lakh workers, 43.1% of all people

    This district
    Jharkhand
    • Cultivators 33.1%
    • Farm labourers 45.5%
    • Household industry 2.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 18.4%

      Schemes & development

      Only 24% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      23.836.3
      Latrine at home
      8.917.5
      Tap water
      2.410.2
      LPG / PNG
      1.49.2
      Phone
      24.638.1
      Television
      6.721.3
      Bicycle
      39.346.7
      Two-wheeler
      5.012.7

      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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