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Etah: 17.7 lakh people, one story

People
17,74,480
Area
2,431 km²
Literacy
70.81%
Sex ratio
873
Big number17.7 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 730 to every km².See the numbers →

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EtahUttar Pradesh

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

Etah in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population17.7 lakh#55/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area2,431 km²#51/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density730 per km²#48/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio873 females per 1000 males#56/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)879 girls per 1000 boys#58/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 902
Literacy rate70.81%#28/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 67.68
Female literacy58.80%#32/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 57.18
Urban population15.1%#40/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 22.3

People & society

70.8% can read. 873 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
81.377.3
Female literacy
58.857.2
Scheduled Castes
15.820.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.6
Living in towns
15.122.3

Gender literacy gap: 22.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 90.8%
  • Muslim 8.2%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Buddhist 0.2%
  • Jain 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    69 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.5 lakh workers, 30.8% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 44.4%
    • Farm labourers 24.1%
    • Household industry 5.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 26.3%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      17.326.8
      Latrine at home
      14.326.0
      Tap water
      16.519.9
      LPG / PNG
      9.213.8
      Phone
      50.048.8
      Television
      19.724.2
      Bicycle
      47.049.4
      Two-wheeler
      13.614.3

      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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