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Kanpur Dehat: 18 lakh people, one story

People
17,96,184
Area
3,021 km²
Literacy
75.78%
Sex ratio
865
Big number18 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 595 to every km².See the numbers →

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Kanpur DehatUttar Pradesh

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

Kanpur Dehat in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18 lakh#54/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area3,021 km²#40/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density595 per km²#60/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio865 females per 1000 males#64/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)897 girls per 1000 boys#45/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 902
Literacy rate75.78%#8/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 67.68
Female literacy66.86%#7/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 57.18
Urban population9.7%#54/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 22.3

People & society

75.8% can read. 865 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
83.477.3
Female literacy
66.957.2
Scheduled Castes
25.620.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.00.6
Living in towns
9.722.3

Gender literacy gap: 16.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 89.8%
  • Muslim 9.8%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    73 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    6.3 lakh workers, 35.0% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 35.8%
    • Farm labourers 37.2%
    • Household industry 3.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 23.7%

      Schemes & development

      Only 12% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      12.326.8
      Latrine at home
      22.026.0
      Tap water
      13.219.9
      LPG / PNG
      5.913.8
      Phone
      45.648.8
      Television
      16.224.2
      Bicycle
      54.549.4
      Two-wheeler
      9.914.3

      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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