At a Glance

Literacy

Tehsil-wise total literacy of the district according to census 2001 as follows:-

SNo Name of the Tehsil

Population (Total)

Male

Female

Literacy

Total

%

Male

%

Female

%

1. Sohagpur 469242 241433 227809 242043 51.58 148109 61.35 93934 41.23
2. Beohari 168334  86444 81890 83561 49.64 52765 61.04 30796 37.61
3. Jaisinghnagar 161717  82093 79624 63712 39.40 41524 50.58 22188 27.87
4. Jaitpur  108855  54814 54041 42563 39.10 28032 51.14 14531 26.89

Total

908148 464784 443364 431879 47.56 270430 58.18 161449 36.41

 

Increase in Population

In the year 1991 the total population of District Shahdol was 772189 which has now increased to 908148. In the last decade, the increase of population was 135959 (i.e. 17.61%).

Block Year Population Growth Year
1951-1961 6.96
1961-1971 11.81
1971-1981 21.10
1981-1991 29.64
1991-2001 17.61

 

Child Death Rate

Child Death rate in the district is 87 child per 1000 i.e. it is 13.7% in the 0-5 years age group. In 0-5 years age group the total number of children is 1,32,990. Accorrding to District Health Department, 2% children are affected by malaria and 2-3% are affected by Tuberclosis.