East District Population, Caste, Religion Data (Delhi) - Census 2011

East district of Delhi has total population of 1,709,346 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 907,500 are males while 801,846 are females. In 2011 there were total 358,937 families residing in East district. The Average Sex Ratio of East district is 884.

As per Census 2011 out of total population, 99.8% people lives in Urban areas while 0.2% lives in the Rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 89.3% while that in the rural areas is 94.6%. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in East district is 884 while that of Rural areas is 897.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in East district is 194357 which is 11% of the total population. There are 103902 male children and 90455 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of East is 871 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (884) of East district.

The total literacy rate of East district is 89.31%. The male literacy rate is 82.47% and the female literacy rate is 75.4% in East district.

Population
1,709,346
Families
358,937
Literacy
89.31%
Sex Ratio
884

To facilitate the administration, East district is further divided into 3 Tehsils (Taluka/Tehsil/Tahsil) which are administrative divisions denoting sub-districts. Tehsils consists of multiple villages and a few towns.

East Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about East district.

Total Male Female
Children (Age 0-6) 194,357 103,902 90,455
Literacy 89.31% 82.47% 75.4%
Scheduled Caste 281,422 148,019 133,403
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 356,348 159,118 197,230

Caste-wise Population - East district

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.5% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in East district of Delhi.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 281,422 148,019 133,403
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0

Religion-wise Population - East district

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 1,410,852 (82.54%) 749,544 661,308
Muslim 178,807 (10.46%) 96,619 82,188
Christian 15,792 (0.92%) 7,817 7,975
Sikh 53,027 (3.1%) 27,338 25,689
Buddhist 2,643 (0.15%) 1,397 1,246
Jain 46,927 (2.75%) 24,108 22,819
Other Religion 366 (0.02%) 199 167
No Religion Specified 932 (0.05%) 478 454

Literacy Rate - East district

The total literacy rate of East district was 89.31% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 86.21% of Delhi. Population-wise, out of total 1,352,998 literates, males were 748,382 while females were 604,616. Also the male literacy rate was 93.13% and the female literacy rate was 84.99% in East district.

  East district Delhi
Female 84.99% 80.76%
Male 93.13% 90.94%
Total 89.31% 86.21%

Sex Ratio - East district

The Sex Ratio of East district is 884 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 884 females in East district. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 871 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 884 ) of East district.

Population Density - East district

The total area of East district is 63 km2. Thus the density of East district is 27,132 people per square kilometer. As per the initial provisional data of Census 2011, around 63 sq. km. area is under urban region while 0 sq. km. is under rural region.

Urban/Rural Population - East district

As per the Census 2011 out of total population of East, 99.79% people lived in urban regions while 0.21% in rural areas. The total figure of population of urban population was 1,705,816 out of which 905,639 were males while remaining 800,177 were females. In rural areas of East, male population was 1,861 while female population was 1,669.

The average sex ratio in urban regions of East was 884 females per 1000 males. Also the Child (0-6 age) sex ration of urban areas in East was 871 girls per 1000 boys. Thus the total children (0-6 age) living in urban areas of East were 193,983 which is 11.37% of total urban population. Similarly the average sex ratio in rural areas of East was 897 females per 1000 males. The Child sex ratio of rural areas in East was 716 girls per 1000 boys.

The average literacy rate in East for urban regions was 89.3 percent in which males were 93.12% literate while female literacy stood at 84.97%. The total literate population of East was 1,352,998. Similarly in rural areas of East, the average literacy rate was 94.61 percent. Out of which literacy rate of males and females stood at 96.35% and 92.73% respectively. Total literates in rural areas of East were 2,986.

Rural Urban
Population % 0.21% 99.79%
Total population 3,530 1,705,816
Male population 1,861 905,639
Female population 1,669 800,177
Sex ratio 897 884
Child sex ratio (0-6 age) 716 871
Child population 374 193,983
Literates 2,986 1,350,012
Average literacy 94.61% 89.3%
Male literacy 96.35% 93.12%
Female literacy 92.73% 84.97%

Child Population - East district

According to Census 2011, there were 194,357 children between age 0 to 6 years in East district. Out of which 103,902 were male while 90,455 were female.

Working Population - East district

In East district out of total population, 579,692 were engaged in work activities. 95.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 579,692 workers engaged in Main Work, 805 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2,841 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 555,026 469,593 85,433
Cultivators 805 651 154
Agriculture Labourer 2,841 2,096 745
Household Industries 18,432 16,163 2,269
Other Workers 532,948 450,683 82,265
Marginal Workers 24,666 17,358 7,308
Non Working 1,129,654 420,549 709,105

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