District of Maharashtra

Kolhapur: 38.8 lakh people, one story

People
38,76,001
Area
7,685 km²
Literacy
81.51%
Sex ratio
957
Lowest in MaharashtraScheduled Tribes: 0.8 % of people. Rank 34 of 35.See the numbers →Big number38.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 504 to every km².See the numbers →

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KolhapurMaharashtra

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

Kolhapur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population38.8 lakh#9/35 in Maharashtra
Area7,685 km²#20/35 in Maharashtra
Population density504 per km²#5/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 365
Sex ratio957 females per 1000 males#11/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)863 girls per 1000 boys#30/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate81.51%#19/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy74.22%#20/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population31.7%#15/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

81.5% can read. 957 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
88.688.4
Female literacy
74.275.9
Scheduled Castes
13.011.8
Scheduled Tribes
0.89.4
Living in towns
31.745.2

Gender literacy gap: 14.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 87.2%
  • Muslim 7.4%
  • Christian 0.4%
  • Buddhist 0.8%
  • Jain 4.0%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    54 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    17 lakh workers, 44.0% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 38.8%
    • Farm labourers 15.6%
    • Household industry 3.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 42.1%

      Schemes & development

      Only 65% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      65.359.6
      Latrine at home
      51.937.7
      Tap water
      59.548.2
      LPG / PNG
      28.930.8
      Phone
      50.549.0
      Television
      43.040.3
      Bicycle
      32.621.6
      Two-wheeler
      24.017.7

      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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