Population ( Census 2011) (P)

5943300

Literacy Rate (2001)

70.41 %

Male

3032567 (51.02%)

Male

81.13 %

Female

2910670 (48.97%)

Female

59.00 %

Other

63

BPL Information (2005)

Scheduled Castes

1069252 (17.99%)

Total Rural Families

1168515

Scheduled Tribes

867440 (14.60%)

Total BPL Families

520325

Population ( Census 2001)

5193411

% of BPL families

44.53 %

Male

2648048 (50.99%)

Birth Rate (Per 1000)

18.00 (2008)

Female

2545363 (49.01%)

Death Rate (Per 1000)

6.30 (2008)

Scheduled Castes

937340 (18.05 %)

Infant Mortality Rate (assessed)

27.94 per 1000

Scheduled Tribes

772177 (14.87 %)

Mother Mortality Rate (assessed)

94.41 per 1 lakh

Rural Population

4686264

Couple protection Rate

59.8%

Urban Population

507147

Life expectancy at Birth

67.5 Yrs.

Area (in Sq.K.M.)

9295.28

Urban

218.85

ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Rural

9076.43

Sub-Divisions

04

Total Households (2001)

900700

Police Stations

28

Decennial Growth Rate

+ 16.32 %

Blocks/Panchayat Samity

29

Density of population (Per Sq.k.m.)

561.40

Gram Panchayats

290

Sex Ratio

962

Gram Sansads

3086

(No. of Female per 1000 Male)

Municipalities

08

Total Mouza

8735

Wards

136

Inhabited

7498

M.P. Constituency

3 +1 part

Uninhabited

1237

M.L.A. Constituency

19

Total Town

14

Panchayat Samity Members

750

Municipality

08

Z.P. Members

62

Non - Municipal Town

06

G.P. Members

3309