District of Maharashtra

Wardha: 13 lakh people, one story

People
13,00,774
Area
6,309 km²
Literacy
86.99%
Sex ratio
946
Top 3 in MaharashtraHomes with electricity (2011): 68.5 % of households. Rank 2 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number13 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 206 to every km².See the numbers →

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WardhaMaharashtra

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

Wardha in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population13 lakh#30/35 in Maharashtra
Area6,309 km²#25/35 in Maharashtra
Population density206 per km²#30/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio946 females per 1000 males#16/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)919 girls per 1000 boys#13/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate86.99%#6/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 82.34
Female literacy81.81%#6/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population32.5%#12/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

87.0% can read. 946 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
91.988.4
Female literacy
81.875.9
Scheduled Castes
14.511.8
Scheduled Tribes
11.59.4
Living in towns
32.545.2

Gender literacy gap: 10.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 81.3%
  • Muslim 4.1%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Buddhist 13.5%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    68 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6.1 lakh workers, 46.8% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 21.9%
    • Farm labourers 46.4%
    • Household industry 2.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 29.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 69% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      68.559.6
      Latrine at home
      44.237.7
      Tap water
      49.448.2
      LPG / PNG
      29.330.8
      Phone
      42.849.0
      Television
      43.940.3
      Bicycle
      33.221.6
      Two-wheeler
      18.217.7

      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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