Shrawasti
Shrawasti district profile
Shrawasti (area: 2,520 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Uttar Pradesh. The district is a part of Devipatan division. Bhinga town is the district headquarters.
Shrawasti is a newly created district carved out from the districts of Gonda and Bahraich. Besides these two districts, Shrawasti shares a border with Balrampur district and Nepal.
Shrawasti has the lowest literacy rate (34.2%) amongst Uttar Pradesh’s districts.
Around 18% of the population belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute around 26% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,176,391 | |
| Male | 631,916 | |
| Female | 544,475 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 151,813 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 27.30% | |
| Rural | 1,143,035 (97.16%) | |
| Urban | 33,356 (2.84%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 862 | |
| Household size (per household) | 6 | |
| SC population | 216,352 (18.39%) | |
| ST population | 4,756 (0.40%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 33.82 | |
| Male | 46.67 | |
| Female | 18.58 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 872,653 | |
| Muslims | 301,117 | |
| Sikhs | 828 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Bhinga | 20,415 | |
| Ikauna | 12,941 | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 679 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 672 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 255 | |
| Primary schools | 577 | |
| Medical facility | 328 | |
| Paved approach road | 305 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 18.8% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 58.6% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 11.2% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 14.9% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 19.0% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 105,997 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 520,595 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 74 | |
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 2001http://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
