DISTRICT PROFILE

Sl No	Particulars	Units
1	Geographical Area	9499.7 Sq.K.Ms.
2	Total Forest Area	3,15,300 Hcs
3	Cultivable Area	4,34,000 Hcs
4	Irrigated Area	1,25,481 Hcs
5	Population as per Census, 2001	31,60,635
a	Male	15,81,986
b	Female	15,78,649
c	Tribal Male	45,843
d	Tribal Female	43,076
e	Percentage Tribal of Population	2.88%
f	Schedule Caste Population	5,86,798
g	SC Male	2,91,682
h	SC Female	2,95,116
i	Percentage of SC Population	18.57 %
6	Population Growth rate 91-01	16.88 %
7	Density of population as per Sq. K.M.s	385
8	Total No. of B.P.L. Families	3,12,238
9	Percentage of literacy	60.77
a	Male	75.22
b	Female	46.44
10	No. of Sub-divisions	03
11	No. of Tahasils	22
12	No of C D Blocks	22
13	No. of Municipalities	01
14	No of NACs	17
15	No. of Police Stations	28
16	No. of G.Ps	475
17	No. of R.I. Circles	198
18	No. of Revenue Villages	3229
19	No. of Medical College	01
20	No. of Hospitals	12
21	No. of P.H.Cs with M.H.O	15
22	No. of Beds in Hospitals	154
23	No. of C.H.Cs	10
24	No. of Homeopathy Dispensary	38
25	No. of Ayurvedic Dispensary	42
26	Annual Rainfall till 22-12-04	958.72 MM
27	Normal Rain fall	1295.6 MM
28	Number of Irrg. Projects
a	Major	01
b	Medium	10
c	Minor	1015

Population as per 2001 Census.

Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe Population.

URBAN/ RURAL/ TOTAL	Schedule Caste Population.			Percentage to Total Population	Schedule Tribe Population			Percentage to Total Population
URBAN/ RURAL/ TOTAL	Persons	Male	Female	Percentage to Total Population	Persons	Male	Female	Percentage to Total Population
Urban	68763	34379	34384	12.36	3608	1958	1650	0.65
Rural	518036	257303	260732	19.89	87311	43885	43426	3.35
Total	586798	291682	295116	18.57	90919	45843	45076	2.88

L i t e r a c y.

URBAN/ RURAL/ TOTAL	No. of Literates.			Rate of literacy in percentage.
URBAN/ RURAL/ TOTAL	Persons	Male	Female	Persons.	Male.	Female.
Urban.	391352	223138	168214	79.66	88.24	70.56
Rural.	1240370	782447	457923	56.54	72.19	41.25
Total.	1631722	1005585	626137	60.77	75.22	46.44