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Balaghat: 17 lakh people, one story

People
17,01,698
Area
9,229 km²
Literacy
77.09%
Sex ratio
1,021
#1 in Madhya PradeshSex ratio: 1,021 females per 1000 males. Rank 1 of 50 districts.See the numbers →Big number17 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 184 to every km².See the numbers →

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BalaghatMadhya Pradesh

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

Balaghat in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population17 lakh#16/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area9,229 km²#5/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density184 per km²#35/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio1,021 females per 1000 males#1/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)967 girls per 1000 boys#4/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate77.09%#4/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 69.32
Female literacy69.04%#4/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 59.24
Urban population14.4%#43/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

77.1% can read. 1,021 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.478.7
Female literacy
69.059.2
Scheduled Castes
7.415.6
Scheduled Tribes
22.521.1
Living in towns
14.427.6

Gender literacy gap: 16.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 89.3%
  • Muslim 2.3%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Buddhist 4.2%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 3.6%

    Sectors at a glance

    80 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.9 lakh workers, 52.5% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 28.9%
    • Farm labourers 51.5%
    • Household industry 2.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 17.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 59% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      59.054.3
      Latrine at home
      15.623.3
      Tap water
      8.118.9
      LPG / PNG
      5.814.7
      Phone
      21.437.2
      Television
      17.526.0
      Bicycle
      53.632.2
      Two-wheeler
      9.815.2

      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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