UPPSC · District of Uttar Pradesh

Banda: 18 lakh people, one story

People
17,99,410
Area
4,408 km²
Literacy
66.67%
Sex ratio
863
Lowest in Uttar PradeshHousehold industry workers: 2.7 % of workers. Rank 71 of 71.See the numbers →Big number18 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 408 to every km².See the numbers →

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BandaUttar Pradesh

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

Banda in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18 lakh#53/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area4,408 km²#16/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density408 per km²#64/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio863 females per 1000 males#67/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)902 girls per 1000 boys#39/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 902
Literacy rate66.67%#46/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 67.68
Female literacy53.67%#47/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 57.18
Urban population15.3%#39/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 22.3

People & society

66.7% can read. 863 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
77.877.3
Female literacy
53.757.2
Scheduled Castes
21.620.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.6
Living in towns
15.322.3

Gender literacy gap: 24.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.0%
  • Muslim 8.8%

    Sectors at a glance

    75 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7 lakh workers, 39.0% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 35.9%
    • Farm labourers 39.0%
    • Household industry 2.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 22.4%

      Schemes & development

      Only 17% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      16.526.8
      Latrine at home
      20.426.0
      Tap water
      11.619.9
      LPG / PNG
      6.013.8
      Phone
      39.248.8
      Television
      11.724.2
      Bicycle
      41.249.4
      Two-wheeler
      7.214.3

      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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