District of Karnataka

Mandya: 18.1 lakh people, one story

People
18,05,769
Area
4,962 km²
Literacy
70.40%
Sex ratio
995
Lowest in KarnatakaScheduled Tribes: 1.2 % of people. Rank 30 of 30.See the numbers →Big number18.1 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 364 to every km².See the numbers →

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MandyaKarnataka

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

Mandya in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18.1 lakh#13/30 in Karnataka
Area4,962 km²#19/30 in Karnataka
Population density364 per km²#7/30 in Karnataka▲ state 319
Sex ratio995 females per 1000 males#8/30 in Karnataka▲ state 973
Child sex ratio (0–6)939 girls per 1000 boys#27/30 in Karnataka▼ state 948
Literacy rate70.40%#20/30 in Karnataka▼ state 75.36
Female literacy62.54%#19/30 in Karnataka▼ state 68.08
Urban population17.1%#28/30 in Karnataka▼ state 38.7

People & society

70.4% can read. 995 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
78.382.5
Female literacy
62.568.1
Scheduled Castes
14.717.1
Scheduled Tribes
1.27.0
Living in towns
17.138.7

Gender literacy gap: 15.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 94.8%
  • Muslim 4.3%
  • Christian 0.5%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    69 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.7 lakh workers, 48.3% of all people

    This district
    Karnataka
    • Cultivators 44.6%
    • Farm labourers 24.8%
    • Household industry 2.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 28.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 70% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      69.566.4
      Latrine at home
      28.437.5
      Tap water
      58.848.4
      LPG / PNG
      14.323.8
      Phone
      47.152.4
      Television
      42.044.0
      Bicycle
      34.224.8
      Two-wheeler
      17.118.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.