UPPSC · District of Uttar Pradesh

Hamirpur: 11 lakh people, one story

People
11,04,285
Area
4,021 km²
Literacy
68.77%
Sex ratio
861
Lowest in Uttar PradeshSex ratio: 861 females per 1000 males. Rank 70 of 71.See the numbers →Big number11 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 275 to every km².See the numbers →

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HamirpurUttar Pradesh

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

Hamirpur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population11 lakh#69/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area4,021 km²#25/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density275 per km²#69/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio861 females per 1000 males#70/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)886 girls per 1000 boys#52/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 902
Literacy rate68.77%#37/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 67.68
Female literacy55.95%#43/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 57.18
Urban population19.0%#30/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 22.3

People & society

68.8% can read. 861 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
79.877.3
Female literacy
55.957.2
Scheduled Castes
21.820.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.6
Living in towns
19.022.3

Gender literacy gap: 23.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.5%
  • Muslim 8.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    70 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    4.4 lakh workers, 40.2% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 29.4%
    • Farm labourers 40.9%
    • Household industry 4.5%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 25.2%

      Schemes & development

      Only 18% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      18.026.8
      Latrine at home
      22.126.0
      Tap water
      12.919.9
      LPG / PNG
      6.513.8
      Phone
      44.348.8
      Television
      15.624.2
      Bicycle
      31.949.4
      Two-wheeler
      7.914.3

      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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