Banaskantha is one of 33 districts located in western Indian state Gujarat. There are total 12 blocks which comes under Banaskantha district, and there are total 1237 villages and 7 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Banaskantha district is 469 and number of houses in this district is 495442.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 2789516. Out of total 2789516, male population count is 1437050, where as female population count is 1352466 in Banaskantha.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 466286 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 466286 children 245135 are boys and 221151 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Banaskantha district is 52%. 1476650 out of total 2789516 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 63% and 915776 males are literate out of total 1437050 male population, where as female literacy rate is 58% and 560874 out of total 1352466 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Banaskantha district is 47%. 1312866 out of total 2789516 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 36% and 521274 males are illiterate out of total 1437050 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 58% and 791592 out of total 1352466 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Banaskantha district is 1145313 and non-working population is 1644203 and out of 1145313 working population 431261 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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