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Chhatarpur: 17.6 lakh people, one story

People
17,62,375
Area
8,687 km²
Literacy
63.74%
Sex ratio
883
Big number17.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 203 to every km².See the numbers →

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ChhatarpurMadhya Pradesh

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

Chhatarpur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population17.6 lakh#13/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area8,687 km²#7/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density203 per km²#28/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio883 females per 1000 males#45/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)900 girls per 1000 boys#42/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 918
Literacy rate63.74%#39/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy53.59%#37/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population22.6%#20/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

63.7% can read. 883 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
72.778.7
Female literacy
53.659.2
Scheduled Castes
23.015.6
Scheduled Tribes
4.221.1
Living in towns
22.627.6

Gender literacy gap: 19.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 95.2%
  • Muslim 4.0%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Jain 0.6%

    Sectors at a glance

    72 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.5 lakh workers, 42.7% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 40.2%
    • Farm labourers 31.7%
    • Household industry 3.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 24.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 37% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      37.454.3
      Latrine at home
      12.123.3
      Tap water
      5.518.9
      LPG / PNG
      7.814.7
      Phone
      38.237.2
      Television
      17.626.0
      Bicycle
      42.032.2
      Two-wheeler
      10.315.2

      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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