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Mirzapur: 25 lakh people, one story

People
24,96,970
Area
4,405 km²
Literacy
68.48%
Sex ratio
903
Big number25 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 567 to every km².See the numbers →

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MirzapurUttar Pradesh

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

Mirzapur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population25 lakh#39/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area4,405 km²#17/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density567 per km²#61/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 829
Sex ratio903 females per 1000 males#33/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)902 girls per 1000 boys#38/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 902
Literacy rate68.48%#39/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 67.68
Female literacy56.86%#37/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 57.18
Urban population13.9%#43/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 22.3

People & society

68.5% can read. 903 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
79.077.3
Female literacy
56.957.2
Scheduled Castes
26.520.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.80.6
Living in towns
13.922.3

Gender literacy gap: 22.1 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.8%
  • Muslim 7.8%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    58 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.8 lakh workers, 35.3% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 20.2%
    • Farm labourers 37.9%
    • Household industry 9.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 32.8%

      Schemes & development

      Only 27% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      26.926.8
      Latrine at home
      18.826.0
      Tap water
      8.119.9
      LPG / PNG
      8.013.8
      Phone
      43.748.8
      Television
      25.124.2
      Bicycle
      56.949.4
      Two-wheeler
      11.614.3

      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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