District of Telangana

Medak: 30.3 lakh people, one story

People
30,33,288
Area
9,699 km²
Literacy
61.42%
Sex ratio
992
Top 3 in TelanganaChild sex ratio (0–6): 952 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 2 of 10 districts.See the numbers →Big number30.3 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 313 to every km².See the numbers →

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MedakTelangana

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

Medak in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population30.3 lakh#7/10 in Telangana
Area9,699 km²#7/10 in Telangana
Population density313 per km²#5/10 in Telangana▲ state 306
Sex ratio992 females per 1000 males#6/10 in Telangana▲ state 988
Child sex ratio (0–6)952 girls per 1000 boys#2/10 in Telangana▲ state 933
Literacy rate61.42%#7/10 in Telangana▼ state 66.46
Female literacy51.37%#8/10 in Telangana▼ state 57.92
Urban population24.0%#6/10 in Telangana▼ state 38.7

People & society

61.4% can read. 992 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
71.475.0
Female literacy
51.457.9
Scheduled Castes
17.715.4
Scheduled Tribes
5.69.3
Living in towns
24.038.7

Gender literacy gap: 20.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 86.9%
  • Muslim 11.3%
  • Christian 1.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.6%

    Sectors at a glance

    64 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    14.4 lakh workers, 47.5% of all people

    This district
    Telangana
    • Cultivators 24.5%
    • Farm labourers 39.6%
    • Household industry 4.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 31.2%

      Schemes & development

      Only 77% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      76.677.1
      Latrine at home
      37.243.8
      Tap water
      62.661.5
      LPG / PNG
      20.730.4
      Phone
      61.160.1
      Television
      44.349.2
      Bicycle
      29.425.0
      Two-wheeler
      15.119.5

      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.