RPSC · District of Rajasthan

Pali: 20.4 lakh people, one story

People
20,37,573
Area
12,387 km²
Literacy
62.39%
Sex ratio
987
Top 3 in RajasthanSex ratio: 987 females per 1000 males. Rank 3 of 33 districts.See the numbers →Big number20.4 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 164 to every km².See the numbers →

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PaliRajasthan

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

Pali in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population20.4 lakh#14/33 in Rajasthan
Area12,387 km²#7/33 in Rajasthan
Population density164 per km²#28/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 200
Sex ratio987 females per 1000 males#3/33 in Rajasthan▲ state 928
Child sex ratio (0–6)899 girls per 1000 boys#14/33 in Rajasthan▲ state 888
Literacy rate62.39%#20/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 66.11
Female literacy48.01%#18/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 52.12
Urban population22.6%#10/33 in Rajasthan▼ state 24.9

People & society

62.4% can read. 987 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
76.879.2
Female literacy
48.052.1
Scheduled Castes
19.517.8
Scheduled Tribes
7.113.5
Living in towns
22.624.9

Gender literacy gap: 28.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.8%
  • Muslim 7.0%
  • Jain 0.9%

    Sectors at a glance

    57 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.4 lakh workers, 41.3% of all people

    This district
    Rajasthan
    • Cultivators 28.9%
    • Farm labourers 28.2%
    • Household industry 3.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 39.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 50% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      50.146.6
      Latrine at home
      19.024.4
      Tap water
      30.328.3
      LPG / PNG
      14.515.9
      Phone
      48.649.2
      Television
      23.726.2
      Bicycle
      27.019.9
      Two-wheeler
      16.716.7

      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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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.