MPPSC · District of Madhya Pradesh

Damoh: 12.6 lakh people, one story

People
12,64,219
Area
7,306 km²
Literacy
69.73%
Sex ratio
910
Top 3 in Madhya PradeshHousehold industry workers: 11.7 % of workers. Rank 2 of 50 districts.See the numbers →Big number12.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 173 to every km².See the numbers →

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DamohMadhya Pradesh

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

Damoh in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population12.6 lakh#31/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area7,306 km²#15/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density173 per km²#40/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio910 females per 1000 males#37/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)928 girls per 1000 boys#19/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate69.73%#24/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 69.32
Female literacy59.22%#21/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population19.8%#26/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

69.7% can read. 910 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
79.378.7
Female literacy
59.259.2
Scheduled Castes
19.515.6
Scheduled Tribes
13.221.1
Living in towns
19.827.6

Gender literacy gap: 20.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 93.8%
  • Muslim 3.8%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Jain 2.0%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    63 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.7 lakh workers, 45.5% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 19.9%
    • Farm labourers 43.5%
    • Household industry 11.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 24.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 51% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      50.854.3
      Latrine at home
      11.723.3
      Tap water
      10.318.9
      LPG / PNG
      6.314.7
      Phone
      28.337.2
      Television
      17.926.0
      Bicycle
      31.532.2
      Two-wheeler
      7.715.2

      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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