District of Maharashtra

Nashik: 61.1 lakh people, one story

People
61,07,187
Area
15,530 km²
Literacy
82.31%
Sex ratio
934
Top 3 in MaharashtraArea: 15,530 km². Rank 3 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number61.1 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 393 to every km².See the numbers →

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NashikMaharashtra

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

Nashik in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population61.1 lakh#4/35 in Maharashtra
Area15,530 km²#3/35 in Maharashtra
Population density393 per km²#7/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 365
Sex ratio934 females per 1000 males#24/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)890 girls per 1000 boys#20/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate82.31%#17/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy76.08%#14/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population42.5%#7/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

82.3% can read. 934 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
88.288.4
Female literacy
76.175.9
Scheduled Castes
9.111.8
Scheduled Tribes
25.69.4
Living in towns
42.545.2

Gender literacy gap: 12.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 85.8%
  • Muslim 11.3%
  • Christian 0.4%
  • Sikh 0.1%
  • Buddhist 1.6%
  • Jain 0.6%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    61 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    27.6 lakh workers, 45.2% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 35.0%
    • Farm labourers 26.4%
    • Household industry 2.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 36.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 54% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      54.259.6
      Latrine at home
      33.137.7
      Tap water
      44.748.2
      LPG / PNG
      32.230.8
      Phone
      47.949.0
      Television
      37.840.3
      Bicycle
      24.021.6
      Two-wheeler
      23.717.7

      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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