District of Maharashtra

Satara: 30 lakh people, one story

People
30,03,741
Area
10,480 km²
Literacy
82.87%
Sex ratio
988
Big number30 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 287 to every km².See the numbers →

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

Satara in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population30 lakh#13/35 in Maharashtra
Area10,480 km²#12/35 in Maharashtra
Population density287 per km²#18/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio988 females per 1000 males#4/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)895 girls per 1000 boys#19/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate82.87%#15/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 82.34
Female literacy76.31%#13/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population19.0%#27/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

82.9% can read. 988 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
89.488.4
Female literacy
76.375.9
Scheduled Castes
10.811.8
Scheduled Tribes
1.09.4
Living in towns
19.045.2

Gender literacy gap: 13.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 89.6%
  • Muslim 4.9%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Buddhist 4.7%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    65 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    13.5 lakh workers, 45.1% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 43.2%
    • Farm labourers 21.9%
    • Household industry 2.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 31.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 58% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      57.759.6
      Latrine at home
      46.737.7
      Tap water
      48.248.2
      LPG / PNG
      27.830.8
      Phone
      47.549.0
      Television
      38.340.3
      Bicycle
      25.321.6
      Two-wheeler
      20.117.7

      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.