Maharashtra State - Health Status
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State 2001 Census Highlights:
- Maharashtra is the second largest State population wise.
No. of Districts 35
No. of Tahsils 353
No. of C. D. Blocks 349
No. of Statutory Towns 251
No. of Census Towns 127
No. of Villages 43,722
- The only State having 7 cities with one million population.
- The State took 60 years (1901-61) to double, however, it has taken 40 years to have an increase of 2.5 times.
Population Characteristics
Total Population 96,752,247
Urban Population 41,019,734
Rural Population 55,732,513
Male Population 50,334,270
Female Population 46,417,977
0-6 years Population
Total 13,187,087
Male 6,878,579
Female 6,308,508
- The average population of the districts in the State is 27,64,350. 13 districts are above this average and 22 below.
| i) |
Population density |
: |
314 per |
Sq. Km. |
| ii) |
Gross cropped area |
: |
452 per |
Sq. Km. |
| iii) |
Net area sown |
: |
541 per |
Sq. Km. |
| iv) |
Gross irrigated area |
: |
3838 per |
Sq. Km. |
- Mumbai district being the smallest district in area has the highest density amongst the districts in the State.
- The highest density is found in Mumbai and lowest density is found in Gadchiroli dist.
- Thane dist. (54.86%) has registered the highest growth rate and Sindhudurg dist. (3.55%) has the lowest.
- The sex ratio of districts Nandurbar, Dhule, Gadchiroli remained constant in 1991-2001.
- Total Literacy and female literacy is highest in Mumbai suburb (87.4%and 82.71 %) and lowest
in Nandurbar dist.(50.06% and 45.55%)
There is no district with female literacy below 40%.
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