District of Maharashtra

Bhandara: 12 lakh people, one story

People
12,00,334
Area
4,087 km²
Literacy
83.76%
Sex ratio
982
Big number12 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 294 to every km².See the numbers →

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BhandaraMaharashtra

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

Bhandara in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population12 lakh#31/35 in Maharashtra
Area4,087 km²#33/35 in Maharashtra
Population density294 per km²#16/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio982 females per 1000 males#5/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)950 girls per 1000 boys#4/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate83.76%#11/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 82.34
Female literacy77.08%#11/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population19.5%#25/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

83.8% can read. 982 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
90.488.4
Female literacy
77.175.9
Scheduled Castes
16.711.8
Scheduled Tribes
7.49.4
Living in towns
19.545.2

Gender literacy gap: 13.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 84.1%
  • Muslim 2.2%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Buddhist 12.9%
  • Other / not stated 0.5%

    Sectors at a glance

    73 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6 lakh workers, 49.8% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 20.6%
    • Farm labourers 52.3%
    • Household industry 2.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 24.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 64% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      63.759.6
      Latrine at home
      47.337.7
      Tap water
      29.448.2
      LPG / PNG
      15.730.8
      Phone
      36.949.0
      Television
      32.940.3
      Bicycle
      51.321.6
      Two-wheeler
      15.417.7

      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.