MPPSC · District of Madhya Pradesh

Guna: 12.4 lakh people, one story

People
12,41,519
Area
6,390 km²
Literacy
63.23%
Sex ratio
912
Big number12.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 194 to every km².See the numbers →

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

Guna in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population12.4 lakh#32/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area6,390 km²#21/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density194 per km²#32/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio912 females per 1000 males#36/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)910 girls per 1000 boys#40/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 918
Literacy rate63.23%#40/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy51.36%#41/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population25.2%#14/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

63.2% can read. 912 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
74.178.7
Female literacy
51.459.2
Scheduled Castes
15.615.6
Scheduled Tribes
15.421.1
Living in towns
25.227.6

Gender literacy gap: 22.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 94.4%
  • Muslim 4.0%
  • Sikh 0.3%
  • Jain 1.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    76 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.1 lakh workers, 41.5% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 41.6%
    • Farm labourers 34.1%
    • Household industry 2.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 22.0%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      50.654.3
      Latrine at home
      16.823.3
      Tap water
      16.218.9
      LPG / PNG
      12.014.7
      Phone
      42.437.2
      Television
      28.326.0
      Bicycle
      26.932.2
      Two-wheeler
      15.315.2

      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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