District of Maharashtra

Osmanabad: 16.6 lakh people, one story

People
16,57,576
Area
7,569 km²
Literacy
78.44%
Sex ratio
924
Big number16.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 219 to every km².See the numbers →

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OsmanabadMaharashtra

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

Osmanabad in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population16.6 lakh#26/35 in Maharashtra
Area7,569 km²#21/35 in Maharashtra
Population density219 per km²#29/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio924 females per 1000 males#29/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)867 girls per 1000 boys#27/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate78.44%#24/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy70.51%#24/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population17.0%#30/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

78.4% can read. 924 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.888.4
Female literacy
70.575.9
Scheduled Castes
16.011.8
Scheduled Tribes
2.29.4
Living in towns
17.045.2

Gender literacy gap: 15.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 86.7%
  • Muslim 10.8%
  • Buddhist 1.7%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.4%

    Sectors at a glance

    77 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.7 lakh workers, 46.7% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 38.4%
    • Farm labourers 38.7%
    • Household industry 2.6%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 20.3%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      53.959.6
      Latrine at home
      21.737.7
      Tap water
      44.448.2
      LPG / PNG
      11.130.8
      Phone
      45.049.0
      Television
      26.540.3
      Bicycle
      20.921.6
      Two-wheeler
      11.617.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.