MPPSC · District of Madhya Pradesh

Shivpuri: 17.3 lakh people, one story

People
17,26,050
Area
10,066 km²
Literacy
62.55%
Sex ratio
877
Top 3 in Madhya PradeshArea: 10,066 km². Rank 3 of 50 districts.See the numbers →Big number17.3 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 171 to every km².See the numbers →

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ShivpuriMadhya Pradesh

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

Shivpuri in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population17.3 lakh#14/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area10,066 km²#3/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density171 per km²#42/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio877 females per 1000 males#46/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)893 girls per 1000 boys#44/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 918
Literacy rate62.55%#42/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 69.32
Female literacy48.79%#44/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 59.24
Urban population17.1%#38/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

62.5% can read. 877 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
74.678.7
Female literacy
48.859.2
Scheduled Castes
18.615.6
Scheduled Tribes
13.221.1
Living in towns
17.127.6

Gender literacy gap: 25.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 95.5%
  • Muslim 3.0%
  • Sikh 0.4%
  • Buddhist 0.2%
  • Jain 0.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    80 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.6 lakh workers, 44.0% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 50.5%
    • Farm labourers 29.0%
    • Household industry 1.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 18.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 34% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      34.154.3
      Latrine at home
      12.023.3
      Tap water
      8.818.9
      LPG / PNG
      8.214.7
      Phone
      34.237.2
      Television
      16.526.0
      Bicycle
      28.832.2
      Two-wheeler
      11.315.2

      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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