District of Maharashtra

Hingoli: 11.8 lakh people, one story

People
11,77,345
Area
4,827 km²
Literacy
78.17%
Sex ratio
942
Top 3 in MaharashtraWorkers in farming: 82.2 % of workers. Rank 2 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number11.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 244 to every km².See the numbers →

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HingoliMaharashtra

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

Hingoli in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population11.8 lakh#33/35 in Maharashtra
Area4,827 km²#32/35 in Maharashtra
Population density244 per km²#26/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio942 females per 1000 males#20/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)882 girls per 1000 boys#25/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate78.17%#26/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy68.95%#27/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population15.2%#33/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

78.2% can read. 942 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
86.988.4
Female literacy
69.075.9
Scheduled Castes
15.511.8
Scheduled Tribes
9.59.4
Living in towns
15.245.2

Gender literacy gap: 18.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 73.3%
  • Muslim 10.8%
  • Buddhist 15.0%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    82 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.7 lakh workers, 48.3% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 42.4%
    • Farm labourers 39.8%
    • Household industry 1.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 16.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 56% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      56.059.6
      Latrine at home
      25.837.7
      Tap water
      28.748.2
      LPG / PNG
      9.730.8
      Phone
      47.449.0
      Television
      25.940.3
      Bicycle
      17.021.6
      Two-wheeler
      10.517.7

      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.