District of Punjab

Moga: 10 lakh people, one story

People
9,95,746
Area
2,242 km²
Literacy
70.68%
Sex ratio
893
Big number10 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 444 to every km².See the numbers →

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

Moga in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population10 lakh#11/20 in Punjab
Area2,242 km²#12/20 in Punjab
Population density444 per km²#14/20 in Punjab▼ state 551
Sex ratio893 females per 1000 males#10/20 in Punjab▼ state 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)860 girls per 1000 boys#6/20 in Punjab▲ state 846
Literacy rate70.68%#12/20 in Punjab▼ state 75.84
Female literacy66.48%#12/20 in Punjab▼ state 70.73
Urban population22.8%#16/20 in Punjab▼ state 37.5

People & society

70.7% can read. 893 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
74.480.4
Female literacy
66.570.7
Scheduled Castes
36.531.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.0
Living in towns
22.837.5

Gender literacy gap: 8.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 15.9%
  • Muslim 0.9%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Sikh 82.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.5%

    Sectors at a glance

    48 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    3.6 lakh workers, 36.1% of all people

    This district
    Punjab
    • Cultivators 25.5%
    • Farm labourers 22.9%
    • Household industry 5.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 46.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 64% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      63.666.6
      Latrine at home
      58.154.7
      Tap water
      31.835.1
      LPG / PNG
      31.037.6
      Phone
      54.056.6
      Television
      52.956.9
      Bicycle
      48.645.7
      Two-wheeler
      29.532.7

      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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