Maharajganj
Maharajganj district profile
Maharajganj (area: 2,934 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Uttar Pradesh. The district was carved out from Gorakhpur district on October 2, 1989. It is situated at the Indo-Nepal border.
The district is bordered by Nepal in the north, Kushinagar district in the south, Padrauna district in the east, and Siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir Nagar districts in the west. Nearly 12% of the district’s total area is forested. The town of Maharajganj is the district headquarters.
Around 19% of the population belongs to the scheduled castes. Around 16% of the population is Muslim.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 2,173,878 | |
| Male | 1,124,290 | |
| Female | 1,049,588 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 299,646 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 29.27% | |
| Rural | 2,063,278 (94.91%) | |
| Urban | 110,600 (5.09%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 934 | |
| Household size (per household) | 6 | |
| SC population | 424,190 (19.51%) | |
| ST population | 2,564 (0.12%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 46.61 | |
| Male | 63.92 | |
| Female | 27.93 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,793,304 | |
| Muslims | 357,822 | |
| Buddhists | 16,038 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Nautanwa | 29,302 | |
| Maharajganj | 26,348 | |
| Siswa Bazar | 18,920 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,203 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,188 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 676 | |
| Primary schools | 859 | |
| Medical facility | 311 | |
| Paved approach road | 730 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 29.2% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 81.4% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 15.0% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 35.7% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 36.7% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 176,790 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,446,069 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 387 | |
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 11, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001 http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-0945.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Uttar Pradesh. 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 11, 2010
