RPSC · District of Rajasthan

Karauli: 14.6 lakh people, one story

People
14,58,248
Area
5,524 km²
Literacy
66.22%
Sex ratio
861
Top 3 in RajasthanScheduled Castes: 24.3 % of people. Rank 3 of 33 districts.See the numbers →Big number14.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 264 to every km².See the numbers →

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KarauliRajasthan

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

Karauli in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population14.6 lakh#22/33 in Rajasthan
Area5,524 km²#23/33 in Rajasthan
Population density264 per km²#13/33 in Rajasthan▲ state 200
Sex ratio861 females per 1000 males#31/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 928
Child sex ratio (0–6)852 girls per 1000 boys#31/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 888
Literacy rate66.22%#14/33 in Rajasthan▲ state 66.11
Female literacy48.61%#16/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 52.12
Urban population15.0%#26/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 24.9

People & society

66.2% can read. 861 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
81.479.2
Female literacy
48.652.1
Scheduled Castes
24.317.8
Scheduled Tribes
22.313.5
Living in towns
15.024.9

Gender literacy gap: 32.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 94.0%
  • Muslim 5.6%
  • Jain 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    72 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6.3 lakh workers, 43.1% of all people

    This district
    Rajasthan
    • Cultivators 53.3%
    • Farm labourers 18.3%
    • Household industry 1.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 26.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 36% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      36.346.6
      Latrine at home
      11.524.4
      Tap water
      14.928.3
      LPG / PNG
      7.815.9
      Phone
      45.749.2
      Television
      13.726.2
      Bicycle
      14.319.9
      Two-wheeler
      9.716.7

      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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