District of Maharashtra

Dhule: 20.5 lakh people, one story

People
20,50,862
Area
7,195 km²
Literacy
72.80%
Sex ratio
946
Top 3 in MaharashtraScheduled Tribes: 31.6 % of people. Rank 3 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number20.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 285 to every km².See the numbers →

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DhuleMaharashtra

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

Dhule in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population20.5 lakh#22/35 in Maharashtra
Area7,195 km²#22/35 in Maharashtra
Population density285 per km²#19/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio946 females per 1000 males#17/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)898 girls per 1000 boys#18/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate72.80%#33/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy65.77%#32/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population27.8%#17/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

72.8% can read. 946 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
79.588.4
Female literacy
65.875.9
Scheduled Castes
6.211.8
Scheduled Tribes
31.69.4
Living in towns
27.845.2

Gender literacy gap: 13.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 89.0%
  • Muslim 9.2%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Buddhist 0.7%
  • Jain 0.6%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    71 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    9.4 lakh workers, 45.7% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 25.5%
    • Farm labourers 45.9%
    • Household industry 2.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 26.4%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      59.659.6
      Latrine at home
      24.137.7
      Tap water
      64.948.2
      LPG / PNG
      23.930.8
      Phone
      39.849.0
      Television
      33.040.3
      Bicycle
      20.421.6
      Two-wheeler
      14.217.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.