District of Maharashtra

Chandrapur: 22 lakh people, one story

People
22,04,307
Area
11,443 km²
Literacy
80.01%
Sex ratio
961
Top 3 in MaharashtraChild sex ratio (0–6): 953 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 3 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number22 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 193 to every km².See the numbers →

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ChandrapurMaharashtra

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

Chandrapur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population22 lakh#21/35 in Maharashtra
Area11,443 km²#9/35 in Maharashtra
Population density193 per km²#33/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio961 females per 1000 males#9/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)953 girls per 1000 boys#3/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate80.01%#21/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy72.97%#21/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population35.2%#11/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

80.0% can read. 961 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
86.888.4
Female literacy
73.075.9
Scheduled Castes
15.811.8
Scheduled Tribes
17.79.4
Living in towns
35.245.2

Gender literacy gap: 13.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 80.8%
  • Muslim 4.2%
  • Christian 0.5%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Buddhist 13.0%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 1.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    66 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    10.6 lakh workers, 48.0% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 20.9%
    • Farm labourers 44.8%
    • Household industry 2.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 32.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 61% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      61.159.6
      Latrine at home
      33.537.7
      Tap water
      31.448.2
      LPG / PNG
      25.230.8
      Phone
      36.649.0
      Television
      33.540.3
      Bicycle
      36.321.6
      Two-wheeler
      16.517.7

      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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