District of Maharashtra

Amravati: 28.9 lakh people, one story

People
28,88,445
Area
12,210 km²
Literacy
87.38%
Sex ratio
951
Top 3 in MaharashtraHomes with electricity (2011): 65.6 % of households. Rank 3 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number28.9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 237 to every km².See the numbers →

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AmravatiMaharashtra

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

Amravati in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population28.9 lakh#14/35 in Maharashtra
Area12,210 km²#7/35 in Maharashtra
Population density237 per km²#28/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio951 females per 1000 males#14/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)935 girls per 1000 boys#8/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate87.38%#5/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 82.34
Female literacy83.10%#5/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population35.9%#10/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

87.4% can read. 951 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
91.588.4
Female literacy
83.175.9
Scheduled Castes
17.511.8
Scheduled Tribes
14.09.4
Living in towns
35.945.2

Gender literacy gap: 8.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 71.2%
  • Muslim 14.6%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Buddhist 13.3%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    70 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    12.4 lakh workers, 42.8% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 16.1%
    • Farm labourers 54.0%
    • Household industry 1.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 28.2%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      65.659.6
      Latrine at home
      43.737.7
      Tap water
      63.548.2
      LPG / PNG
      22.530.8
      Phone
      37.849.0
      Television
      38.740.3
      Bicycle
      27.021.6
      Two-wheeler
      15.917.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.