Sanchi Population, Religion, Caste, Working Data Raisen, Madhya Pradesh - Census 2011

Sanchi is a Nagar Panchayat city situated in Raisen tehsil of Raisen district. The Sanchi city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,605 families residing in the Sanchi city. The total population of Sanchi is 8,401 out of which 4,384 are males and 4,017 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sanchi is 916.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sanchi city is 1072 which is 13% of the total population. There are 549 male children and 523 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sanchi is 953 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (916).

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sanchi is 82.1%. Thus Sanchi has higher literacy rate compared to 73% of Raisen district. The male literacy rate is 90.14% and the female literacy rate is 73.21% in Sanchi.

Sanchi Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 1,605 houses to which it supplies basic amenities such as water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Sanchi Nagar Panchayat

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Sanchi Nagar Panchayat.

Total Male Female
Children 1,072 549 523
Literacy 82.1% 78.9% 63.7%
Scheduled Caste 2,333 1,220 1,113
Scheduled Tribe 190 89 101
Illiterate 2,386 927 1,459

Caste-wise Population - Sanchi

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.3% of total population in Sanchi.

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 2,333 1,220 1,113
Schedule Tribe 190 89 101

Religion-wise Population - Sanchi

As per the Census 2011, the total Hindu population in Sanchi is 7,888 which is 93.89% of the total population. Also the total Muslim population in Sanchi is 356 which is 4.24% of the total population. Below is religion-wise population of Sanchi as per Census 2011.

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 7,888 (93.89%) 4,121 3,767
Muslim 356 (4.24%) 181 175
Christian 38 (0.45%) 18 20
Sikh 34 (0.4%) 18 16
Buddhist 22 (0.26%) 15 7
Jain 57 (0.68%) 30 27
Other Religion 0 (0%) 0 0
No Religion Specified 6 (0.07%) 1 5

Literacy Rate - Sanchi

The total literacy rate of Sanchi was 82.07% in 2011 which is greater than average literacy rate 69.32% of Madhya Pradesh. Population-wise, out of total 6,015 literates, males were 3,457 while females were 2,558. Also the male literacy rate was 90.14% and the female literacy rate was 73.21% in Sanchi.

  Sanchi Madhya Pradesh
Female 73.21% 59.24%
Male 90.14% 78.73%
Total 82.07% 69.32%

Sex Ratio - Sanchi

The Sex Ratio of Sanchi is 916. Thus per every 1000 men there were 916 females in Sanchi. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 953 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 916 ) of Sanchi.

Child Population - Sanchi

According to Census 2011, there were 1,072 children between age 0 to 6 years in Sanchi. Out of which 549 were male while 523 were female.

Working Population - Sanchi

In Sanchi Nagar Panchayat out of total population, 2,745 were engaged in work activities. 77.6% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.4% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,745 workers engaged in Main Work, 404 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 2,129 1,813 316
Cultivators 404 357 47
Agriculture Labourer 163 128 35
Household Industries 45 34 11
Other Workers 1,517 1,294 223
Marginal Workers 616 356 260
Non Working 5,656 2,215 3,441

Sanchi Wards

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Sanchi is further divided into 15 wards where elections are held every 5 years.

# Ward Population Literacy Sex Ratio
1 Ward No - 1 603 70.3% 884
2 Ward No - 2 439 78.6% 884
3 Ward No - 3 561 59.9% 1,062
4 Ward No - 4 877 67.3% 866
5 Ward No - 5 439 81.8% 986
6 Ward No - 6 732 70.4% 906
7 Ward No - 7 575 68.9% 949
8 Ward No - 8 437 73.7% 925
9 Ward No - 9 446 70.4% 914
10 Ward No - 10 427 62.3% 932
11 Ward No - 11 507 71% 824
12 Ward No - 12 446 64.8% 914
13 Ward No - 13 1,070 76.5% 942
14 Ward No - 14 476 78.2% 874
15 Ward No - 15 366 84.2% 906

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