District of Maharashtra

Ahmadnagar: 45.4 lakh people, one story

People
45,43,159
Area
17,048 km²
Literacy
79.05%
Sex ratio
939
#1 in MaharashtraArea: 17,048 km². Rank 1 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number45.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 266 to every km².See the numbers →

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AhmadnagarMaharashtra

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

Ahmadnagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population45.4 lakh#6/35 in Maharashtra
Area17,048 km²#1/35 in Maharashtra
Population density266 per km²#22/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio939 females per 1000 males#21/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)852 girls per 1000 boys#33/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate79.05%#22/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy70.89%#22/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population20.1%#23/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

79.1% can read. 939 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
86.888.4
Female literacy
70.975.9
Scheduled Castes
12.611.8
Scheduled Tribes
8.39.4
Living in towns
20.145.2

Gender literacy gap: 15.9 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 90.4%
  • Muslim 7.1%
  • Christian 0.5%
  • Sikh 0.1%
  • Buddhist 0.7%
  • Jain 0.9%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    71 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    22 lakh workers, 48.5% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 46.0%
    • Farm labourers 25.4%
    • Household industry 2.6%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 26.1%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      51.259.6
      Latrine at home
      31.437.7
      Tap water
      34.348.2
      LPG / PNG
      22.730.8
      Phone
      48.349.0
      Television
      35.840.3
      Bicycle
      33.521.6
      Two-wheeler
      24.217.7

      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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