District of Maharashtra

Latur: 24.5 lakh people, one story

People
24,54,196
Area
7,157 km²
Literacy
77.26%
Sex ratio
928
Top 3 in MaharashtraScheduled Castes: 19.6 % of people. Rank 2 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number24.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 343 to every km².See the numbers →

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LaturMaharashtra

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

Latur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population24.5 lakh#20/35 in Maharashtra
Area7,157 km²#23/35 in Maharashtra
Population density343 per km²#11/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio928 females per 1000 males#27/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)889 girls per 1000 boys#21/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate77.26%#27/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy69.63%#26/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population25.5%#20/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

77.3% can read. 928 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
84.488.4
Female literacy
69.675.9
Scheduled Castes
19.611.8
Scheduled Tribes
2.39.4
Living in towns
25.545.2

Gender literacy gap: 14.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 81.8%
  • Muslim 15.0%
  • Buddhist 2.7%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    71 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    10.5 lakh workers, 42.7% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 31.7%
    • Farm labourers 39.8%
    • Household industry 1.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 26.8%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      65.259.6
      Latrine at home
      30.537.7
      Tap water
      47.348.2
      LPG / PNG
      16.430.8
      Phone
      51.749.0
      Television
      32.640.3
      Bicycle
      18.521.6
      Two-wheeler
      13.817.7

      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.