District of Maharashtra

Aurangabad: 37 lakh people, one story

People
37,01,282
Area
10,131 km²
Literacy
79.02%
Sex ratio
923
Big number37 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 365 to every km².See the numbers →

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AurangabadMaharashtra

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

Aurangabad in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population37 lakh#10/35 in Maharashtra
Area10,131 km²#13/35 in Maharashtra
Population density365 per km²#9/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 365
Sex ratio923 females per 1000 males#30/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)858 girls per 1000 boys#31/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate79.02%#23/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy70.08%#25/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population43.8%#6/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

79.0% can read. 923 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
87.488.4
Female literacy
70.175.9
Scheduled Castes
14.611.8
Scheduled Tribes
3.99.4
Living in towns
43.845.2

Gender literacy gap: 17.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 68.8%
  • Muslim 21.3%
  • Christian 0.4%
  • Sikh 0.1%
  • Buddhist 8.4%
  • Jain 0.8%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    60 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    15.8 lakh workers, 42.6% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 35.2%
    • Farm labourers 25.2%
    • Household industry 1.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 37.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 60% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      60.259.6
      Latrine at home
      36.837.7
      Tap water
      47.048.2
      LPG / PNG
      25.230.8
      Phone
      53.849.0
      Television
      41.240.3
      Bicycle
      19.621.6
      Two-wheeler
      23.517.7

      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.