DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
According to 2001 census the demographic
features in Solapur district are as follows.
- Total number of households - 735092
- Total population - 3849543
- Total Male population – 1989623
- Total female population - 1859920
- Sex ratio – 935
- Urban population - 1225284
- Rural population - 2624259
- Literacy rate – 71.2%
- Male literacy rate – 82.0%
- Female literacy rate – 59.8%
- Solapur stands fourth in terms of size and ranks seventh in the
Maharashtra State
- Solapur is one of the urbanised district in the State having about
one third population in urban areas whereas about two fifth of State's
population lives in urban areas.
|
SN. |
Urban centres
|
Population
(as per 2001) |
|
1 |
Solapur |
872478 |
|
2 |
Barshi |
104785 |
|
3 |
Akkalkot |
38213 |
|
4 |
Maindargi |
12148 |
|
5 |
Dudhani |
11754 |
|
6 |
Magalwedha |
21706 |
|
7 |
Pandharpur |
97379 |
|
8 |
Sangola |
28116 |
|
9 |
Karmala |
21928 |
|
10 |
Kurduwadi |
22777 |
Tha talukawise demography distribution
is as below.
|
Name of Taluka |
Population |
No. of Villages |
Area in Sq.Kms. |
Density of Population |
Sex Ration |
|
North Solapur |
960803 |
54 |
697.87 |
1305 |
958 |
|
South Solapur |
210774 |
90 |
1209.49 |
176 |
933 |
|
Akkalkot |
290037 |
135 |
1407.18 |
209 |
953 |
|
Barshi |
340831 |
138 |
1595.31 |
238 |
929 |
|
Mangalwedha |
171261 |
81 |
1141.13 |
150 |
917 |
|
Pandharpur |
402707 |
95 |
1296.52 |
309 |
917 |
|
Sangola |
272077 |
103 |
1551.09 |
176 |
936 |
|
Malshiras |
422600 |
112 |
1604.80 |
278 |
923 |
|
Mohol |
252526 |
104 |
1324.86 |
179 |
920 |
|
Madha |
292611 |
117 |
1542.64 |
189 |
922 |
|
Karmala |
233316 |
118 |
1588.61 |
145 |
925 |
