MPPSC · District of Madhya Pradesh

Burhanpur: 7.6 lakh people, one story

People
7,57,847
Area
3,427 km²
Literacy
64.36%
Sex ratio
951
Big number7.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 221 to every km².See the numbers →

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BurhanpurMadhya Pradesh

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

Burhanpur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population7.6 lakh#44/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area3,427 km²#46/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density221 per km²#25/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio951 females per 1000 males#21/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)924 girls per 1000 boys#26/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate64.36%#37/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy56.58%#29/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population34.3%#6/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 27.6

People & society

64.4% can read. 951 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
71.878.7
Female literacy
56.659.2
Scheduled Castes
8.515.6
Scheduled Tribes
30.421.1
Living in towns
34.327.6

Gender literacy gap: 15.2 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 72.9%
  • Muslim 23.9%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 0.1%
  • Buddhist 2.6%
  • Jain 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    68 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.3 lakh workers, 43.3% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 20.6%
    • Farm labourers 47.6%
    • Household industry 2.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 29.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 63% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      62.954.3
      Latrine at home
      28.323.3
      Tap water
      53.118.9
      LPG / PNG
      22.614.7
      Phone
      31.337.2
      Television
      32.726.0
      Bicycle
      20.932.2
      Two-wheeler
      12.615.2

      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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