Bhandara is one of 36 districts located in western Indian state Maharashtra. There are total 7 blocks which comes under Bhandara district, and there are total 864 villages and 9 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Bhandara district is 506 and number of houses in this district is 242377.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1040799. Out of total 1040799, male population count is 525029, where as female population count is 515770 in Bhandara.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 110731 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 110731 children 56688 are boys and 54043 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Bhandara district is 73%. 768624 out of total 1040799 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 80% and 420211 males are literate out of total 525029 male population, where as female literacy rate is 32% and 348413 out of total 515770 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Bhandara district is 26%. 272175 out of total 1040799 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 19% and 104818 males are illiterate out of total 525029 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 32% and 167357 out of total 515770 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Bhandara district is 542956 and non-working population is 497843 and out of 542956 working population 99933 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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