District of Maharashtra

Bid: 25.9 lakh people, one story

People
25,85,049
Area
10,693 km²
Literacy
76.99%
Sex ratio
916
Lowest in MaharashtraChild sex ratio (0–6): 807 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 35 of 35.See the numbers →Big number25.9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 242 to every km².See the numbers →

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BidMaharashtra

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

Bid in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population25.9 lakh#19/35 in Maharashtra
Area10,693 km²#10/35 in Maharashtra
Population density242 per km²#27/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio916 females per 1000 males#31/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)807 girls per 1000 boys#35/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate76.99%#29/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy67.82%#29/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population19.9%#24/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

77.0% can read. 916 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.688.4
Female literacy
67.875.9
Scheduled Castes
13.611.8
Scheduled Tribes
1.39.4
Living in towns
19.945.2

Gender literacy gap: 17.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 84.1%
  • Muslim 12.4%
  • Buddhist 2.6%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.4%

    Sectors at a glance

    78 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    12.6 lakh workers, 48.6% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 48.3%
    • Farm labourers 29.8%
    • Household industry 1.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 20.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 58% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      57.659.6
      Latrine at home
      19.637.7
      Tap water
      33.148.2
      LPG / PNG
      11.830.8
      Phone
      49.649.0
      Television
      29.440.3
      Bicycle
      17.221.6
      Two-wheeler
      13.217.7

      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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        Sources

        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.