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Etawah: 15.8 lakh people, one story

People
15,81,810
Area
2,311 km²
Literacy
78.41%
Sex ratio
870
Big number15.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 684 to every km².See the numbers →

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EtawahUttar Pradesh

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

Etawah in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population15.8 lakh#61/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area2,311 km²#56/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density684 per km²#51/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio870 females per 1000 males#60/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)875 girls per 1000 boys#60/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 902
Literacy rate78.41%#4/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 67.68
Female literacy69.61%#6/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 57.18
Urban population23.2%#22/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 22.3

People & society

78.4% can read. 870 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
86.177.3
Female literacy
69.657.2
Scheduled Castes
24.520.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.6
Living in towns
23.222.3

Gender literacy gap: 16.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 92.2%
  • Muslim 7.2%
  • Buddhist 0.1%
  • Jain 0.2%
  • Other / not stated 0.1%

    Sectors at a glance

    65 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    5.1 lakh workers, 32.0% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 33.8%
    • Farm labourers 31.2%
    • Household industry 4.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 30.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 32% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      32.226.8
      Latrine at home
      26.626.0
      Tap water
      16.819.9
      LPG / PNG
      13.513.8
      Phone
      50.748.8
      Television
      24.124.2
      Bicycle
      55.449.4
      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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