MPPSC · District of Madhya Pradesh

Barwani: 13.9 lakh people, one story

People
13,85,881
Area
5,427 km²
Literacy
49.08%
Sex ratio
982
Top 3 in Madhya PradeshScheduled Tribes: 69.4 % of people. Rank 3 of 50 districts.See the numbers →Big number13.9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 255 to every km².See the numbers →

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BarwaniMadhya Pradesh

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

Barwani in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population13.9 lakh#24/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area5,427 km²#30/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density255 per km²#16/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 236
Sex ratio982 females per 1000 males#7/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)948 girls per 1000 boys#10/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate49.08%#48/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy42.39%#48/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population14.7%#42/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

49.1% can read. 982 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
55.778.7
Female literacy
42.459.2
Scheduled Castes
6.315.6
Scheduled Tribes
69.421.1
Living in towns
14.727.6

Gender literacy gap: 13.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 95.2%
  • Muslim 4.2%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Jain 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    85 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6.5 lakh workers, 47.2% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 44.0%
    • Farm labourers 40.9%
    • Household industry 1.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 14.0%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      60.554.3
      Latrine at home
      15.423.3
      Tap water
      23.418.9
      LPG / PNG
      10.114.7
      Phone
      23.437.2
      Television
      16.326.0
      Bicycle
      17.132.2
      Two-wheeler
      10.415.2

      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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