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Jhansi: 20 lakh people, one story

People
19,98,603
Area
5,024 km²
Literacy
75.05%
Sex ratio
890
Big number20 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 398 to every km².See the numbers →

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JhansiUttar Pradesh

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

Jhansi in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population20 lakh#47/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area5,024 km²#9/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density398 per km²#65/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio890 females per 1000 males#40/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)866 girls per 1000 boys#63/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 902
Literacy rate75.05%#10/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 67.68
Female literacy63.49%#12/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 57.18
Urban population41.7%#8/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 22.3

People & society

75.0% can read. 890 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.477.3
Female literacy
63.557.2
Scheduled Castes
28.120.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.20.6
Living in towns
41.722.3

Gender literacy gap: 21.9 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.3%
  • Muslim 7.4%
  • Christian 0.4%
  • Sikh 0.2%
  • Jain 0.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    59 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.1 lakh workers, 40.8% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 28.1%
    • Farm labourers 30.4%
    • Household industry 6.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 35.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 36% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      36.326.8
      Latrine at home
      29.226.0
      Tap water
      18.519.9
      LPG / PNG
      18.713.8
      Phone
      53.548.8
      Television
      32.524.2
      Bicycle
      38.549.4
      Two-wheeler
      18.714.3

      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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