District of West Bengal

Purba Medinipur: 51 lakh people, one story

People
50,95,875
Area
4,713 km²
Literacy
87.02%
Sex ratio
938
#1 in West BengalLiteracy rate: 87.02%. Rank 1 of 19 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in West BengalFemale literacy: 81.37%. Rank 2 of 19 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in West BengalSex ratio: 938 females per 1000 males. Rank 18 of 19.See the numbers →Lowest in West BengalChild sex ratio (0–6): 946 girls per 1000 boys. Rank 18 of 19.See the numbers →

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Purba MedinipurWest Bengal

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

Purba Medinipur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population51 lakh#8/19 in West Bengal
Area4,713 km²#8/19 in West Bengal
Population density1,081 per km²#8/19 in West Bengal▲ state 1,028
Sex ratio938 females per 1000 males#18/19 in West Bengal▼ state 950
Child sex ratio (0–6)946 girls per 1000 boys#18/19 in West Bengal▼ state 956
Literacy rate87.02%#1/19 in West Bengal▲ state 76.26
Female literacy81.37%#2/19 in West Bengal▲ state 70.54
Urban population11.6%#17/19 in West Bengal▼ state 31.9

People & society

87.0% can read. 938 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
92.381.7
Female literacy
81.470.5
Scheduled Castes
14.623.5
Scheduled Tribes
0.55.8
Living in towns
11.631.9

Gender literacy gap: 11.0 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 85.2%
  • Muslim 14.6%

    Sectors at a glance

    55 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    19.1 lakh workers, 37.5% of all people

    This district
    West Bengal
    • Cultivators 18.1%
    • Farm labourers 36.8%
    • Household industry 6.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 38.9%

      Schemes & development

      Only 39% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      38.943.1
      Latrine at home
      68.846.6
      Tap water
      9.120.1
      LPG / PNG
      4.114.2
      Phone
      36.639.0
      Television
      16.528.0
      Bicycle
      48.945.3
      Two-wheeler
      4.56.7

      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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