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Khargone (West Nimar): 18.7 lakh people, one story

People
18,73,046
Area
8,025 km²
Literacy
62.70%
Sex ratio
965
Big number18.7 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 233 to every km².See the numbers →

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Khargone (West Nimar)Madhya Pradesh

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

Khargone (West Nimar) in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18.7 lakh#12/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area8,025 km²#10/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density233 per km²#20/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio965 females per 1000 males#12/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)938 girls per 1000 boys#15/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate62.70%#41/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy53.03%#39/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population16.0%#40/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

62.7% can read. 965 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
72.178.7
Female literacy
53.059.2
Scheduled Castes
11.215.6
Scheduled Tribes
39.021.1
Living in towns
16.027.6

Gender literacy gap: 19.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 92.1%
  • Muslim 7.2%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Jain 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    82 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.9 lakh workers, 47.7% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 34.3%
    • Farm labourers 47.6%
    • Household industry 1.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 16.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 66% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      66.154.3
      Latrine at home
      17.923.3
      Tap water
      38.418.9
      LPG / PNG
      11.214.7
      Phone
      31.937.2
      Television
      24.326.0
      Bicycle
      19.032.2
      Two-wheeler
      14.615.2

      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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