Bilaspur
Bilaspur district profile
Bilaspur is one of the districts covered by PACS in Chhattisgarh. The district (area: 6,377 sq km) is surrounded by Koriya district to the north, Anuppur district and Dindori district to the west, Durg and Raipur in the south, and Korba and Janjgir-Champa in the east. It is divided into eight tehsils: Bilaspur, Pendra Road, Lormi, Kota, Mungeli, Takhatpur, Bilha and Masturi. The river Arpa passes through this district.
People belonging to the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes constitute around 20% and 18% of the population respectively.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,998,355 | |
| Male | 1,013,875 | |
| Female | 984,480 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 240,556 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 17.59% | |
| Rural |
1,511,661 (75.64%) |
|
| Urban | 486,694 (25.36%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 971 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 369,088 (18.47%) | |
| ST population | 397,104 (19.87%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 63.51 | |
| Male | 78.43 | |
| Female | 48.17 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,904,580 | |
| Muslims | 45,342 | |
| Others | 19,325 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Bilaspur | 274,917 | |
| Mungeli | 27,389 | |
| Ratanpur | 19,839 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,579 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,544 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 941 | |
| Primary schools | 1,426 | |
| Medical facility | 452 | |
| Paved approach road | 627 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 51.7% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 79.7% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 13.7% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 62.3% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 67.2% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 420,314 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 6,198,668 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 5,599 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 8, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2207.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-2008: India. Chhattisgarh. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 8, 2010
