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Siddharthnagar: 25.6 lakh people, one story

People
25,59,297
Area
2,895 km²
Literacy
59.25%
Sex ratio
976
Top 3 in Uttar PradeshChild sex ratio (0–6): 935 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 3 of 71 districts.See the numbers →Big number25.6 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 884 to every km².See the numbers →

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SiddharthnagarUttar Pradesh

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

Siddharthnagar in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population25.6 lakh#36/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Area2,895 km²#44/71 in Uttar Pradesh
Population density884 per km²#32/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 829
Sex ratio976 females per 1000 males#8/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 912
Child sex ratio (0–6)935 girls per 1000 boys#3/71 in Uttar Pradesh▲ state 902
Literacy rate59.25%#63/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 67.68
Female literacy47.41%#65/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 57.18
Urban population6.3%#65/71 in Uttar Pradesh▼ state 22.3

People & society

59.2% can read. 976 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
70.977.3
Female literacy
47.457.2
Scheduled Castes
16.020.7
Scheduled Tribes
0.50.6
Living in towns
6.322.3

Gender literacy gap: 23.5 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 69.9%
  • Muslim 29.2%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Buddhist 0.5%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    79 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    8.8 lakh workers, 34.3% of all people

    This district
    Uttar Pradesh
    • Cultivators 33.9%
    • Farm labourers 45.1%
    • Household industry 4.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 16.9%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      18.126.8
      Latrine at home
      9.326.0
      Tap water
      30.919.9
      LPG / PNG
      5.013.8
      Phone
      53.448.8
      Television
      11.024.2
      Bicycle
      55.049.4
      Two-wheeler
      10.314.3

      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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