MPPSC · District of Madhya Pradesh

Vidisha: 14.6 lakh people, one story

People
14,58,875
Area
7,371 km²
Literacy
70.53%
Sex ratio
896
Big number14.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 198 to every km².See the numbers →

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VidishaMadhya Pradesh

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

Vidisha in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population14.6 lakh#21/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Area7,371 km²#13/50 in Madhya Pradesh
Population density198 per km²#31/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 236
Sex ratio896 females per 1000 males#43/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)926 girls per 1000 boys#24/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 918
Literacy rate70.53%#22/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 69.32
Female literacy60.85%#18/50 in Madhya Pradesh▲ state 59.24
Urban population23.3%#17/50 in Madhya Pradesh▼ state 27.6

People & society

70.5% can read. 896 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
79.178.7
Female literacy
60.959.2
Scheduled Castes
20.015.6
Scheduled Tribes
4.621.1
Living in towns
23.327.6

Gender literacy gap: 18.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 88.2%
  • Muslim 10.3%
  • Jain 1.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    72 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.5 lakh workers, 37.7% of all people

    This district
    Madhya Pradesh
    • Cultivators 30.6%
    • Farm labourers 41.5%
    • Household industry 2.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 25.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 48% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      48.254.3
      Latrine at home
      19.523.3
      Tap water
      12.618.9
      LPG / PNG
      11.114.7
      Phone
      40.037.2
      Television
      25.726.0
      Bicycle
      18.832.2
      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.