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Hoshangabad: 12.4 lakh people, one story

People
12,41,350
Area
6,703 km²
Literacy
75.29%
Sex ratio
914
Big number12.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 185 to every km².See the numbers →

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HoshangabadMadhya Pradesh

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

Hoshangabad in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population12.4 lakh#33/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area6,703 km²#18/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density185 per km²#34/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio914 females per 1000 males#35/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)919 girls per 1000 boys#33/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate75.29%#8/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 69.32
Female literacy66.45%#8/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 59.24
Urban population31.4%#7/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 27.6

People & society

75.3% can read. 914 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.378.7
Female literacy
66.559.2
Scheduled Castes
16.515.6
Scheduled Tribes
15.921.1
Living in towns
31.427.6

Gender literacy gap: 16.9 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 94.7%
  • Muslim 4.2%
  • Christian 0.4%
  • Sikh 0.3%
  • Buddhist 0.1%
  • Jain 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    62 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    4.8 lakh workers, 38.5% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 24.4%
    • Farm labourers 38.1%
    • Household industry 2.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 35.5%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      62.854.3
      Latrine at home
      38.723.3
      Tap water
      20.618.9
      LPG / PNG
      19.514.7
      Phone
      43.937.2
      Television
      35.626.0
      Bicycle
      33.832.2
      Two-wheeler
      21.415.2

      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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        Sources

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