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Ashoknagar: 8.5 lakh people, one story

People
8,45,071
Area
4,674 km²
Literacy
66.42%
Sex ratio
904
Big number8.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 181 to every km².See the numbers →

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AshoknagarMadhya Pradesh

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

Ashoknagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population8.5 lakh#41/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area4,674 km²#38/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density181 per km²#37/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio904 females per 1000 males#39/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)921 girls per 1000 boys#29/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate66.42%#32/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy53.42%#38/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population18.2%#34/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

66.4% can read. 904 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
78.178.7
Female literacy
53.459.2
Scheduled Castes
20.815.6
Scheduled Tribes
9.721.1
Living in towns
18.227.6

Gender literacy gap: 24.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 92.1%
  • Muslim 4.8%
  • Sikh 0.9%
  • Buddhist 0.2%
  • Jain 1.8%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    76 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.2 lakh workers, 37.3% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 37.1%
    • Farm labourers 38.8%
    • Household industry 3.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 20.7%

      Schemes & development

      Only 41% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      41.054.3
      Latrine at home
      12.723.3
      Tap water
      8.518.9
      LPG / PNG
      7.714.7
      Phone
      39.337.2
      Television
      20.726.0
      Bicycle
      21.132.2
      Two-wheeler
      11.415.2

      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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        Sources

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