District of Maharashtra

Solapur: 43.2 lakh people, one story

People
43,17,756
Area
14,895 km²
Literacy
77.02%
Sex ratio
938
Top 3 in MaharashtraHousehold industry workers: 3.7 % of workers. Rank 2 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number43.2 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 290 to every km².See the numbers →

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SolapurMaharashtra

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

Solapur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population43.2 lakh#7/35 in Maharashtra
Area14,895 km²#4/35 in Maharashtra
Population density290 per km²#17/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio938 females per 1000 males#22/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)883 girls per 1000 boys#23/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 894
Literacy rate77.02%#28/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 82.34
Female literacy68.55%#28/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 75.87
Urban population32.4%#13/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

77.0% can read. 938 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.088.4
Female literacy
68.575.9
Scheduled Castes
15.011.8
Scheduled Tribes
1.89.4
Living in towns
32.445.2

Gender literacy gap: 16.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 87.9%
  • Muslim 10.2%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Buddhist 0.8%
  • Jain 0.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    63 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    19 lakh workers, 44.0% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 33.6%
    • Farm labourers 29.4%
    • Household industry 3.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 33.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 52% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      51.559.6
      Latrine at home
      30.737.7
      Tap water
      42.448.2
      LPG / PNG
      21.530.8
      Phone
      49.949.0
      Television
      32.540.3
      Bicycle
      36.321.6
      Two-wheeler
      19.817.7

      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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