District of Maharashtra

Jalgaon: 42.3 lakh people, one story

People
42,29,917
Area
11,765 km²
Literacy
78.20%
Sex ratio
925
Lowest in MaharashtraChild sex ratio (0–6): 842 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 34 of 35.See the numbers →Big number42.3 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 360 to every km².See the numbers →

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JalgaonMaharashtra

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

Jalgaon in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population42.3 lakh#8/35 in Maharashtra
Area11,765 km²#8/35 in Maharashtra
Population density360 per km²#10/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio925 females per 1000 males#28/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)842 girls per 1000 boys#34/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate78.20%#25/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy70.56%#23/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population31.7%#14/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

78.2% can read. 925 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.488.4
Female literacy
70.675.9
Scheduled Castes
9.211.8
Scheduled Tribes
14.39.4
Living in towns
31.745.2

Gender literacy gap: 14.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 81.7%
  • Muslim 13.2%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Buddhist 3.4%
  • Jain 0.6%
  • Other / not stated 0.7%

    Sectors at a glance

    71 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    18.6 lakh workers, 44.1% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 20.6%
    • Farm labourers 50.3%
    • Household industry 2.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 27.0%

      Schemes & development

      Only 62% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      61.659.6
      Latrine at home
      27.137.7
      Tap water
      67.648.2
      LPG / PNG
      29.930.8
      Phone
      39.349.0
      Television
      36.940.3
      Bicycle
      19.721.6
      Two-wheeler
      14.617.7

      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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