Sehore
Sehore district profile
Sehore is one of the districts covered by PACS in Madhya Pradesh. The district (area: 6,578 sq. km) is surrounded by six districts: Bhopal, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Dewas, Shajapur and Rajgarh. It is divided into seven tehsils.
Around 20% of the total population belongs to scheduled caste groups.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,078,912 | |
| Male | 565,137 | |
| Female | 513,775 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 138,982 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 28.22% | |
| Rural | 885,172 (82.04%) | |
| Urban | 193,740 (17.96%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1000 males) | 909 | |
| Household size (per household) | 6 | |
| SC population | 221,077 (20.49%) | |
| ST population | 116,122 (10.76%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 63.07 | |
| Male | 77.28 | |
| Female | 47.36 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 961,700 | |
| Muslims | 109,122 | |
| Jains | 5,936 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Sehore | 90,333 | |
| Ashta | 39,678 | |
| Nasrullaganj | 17,240 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1019 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,018 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 326 | |
| Primary schools | 939 | |
| Medical facility | 292 | |
| Paved approach road | 264 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 45.0% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 79.0% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 56.0% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 58.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of vitamin A | 50.7% | |
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
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001 http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2333.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-2008: India. Madhya 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)
