Maharashtra Census 2011 — Memorize-it Game

All 35 districts · Population · Sex Ratio · Child Sex Ratio · Literacy · Density · Decadal Growth

Maharashtra · Census 2011 — at a glance

All 35 districts. Palghar was carved out of Thane in 2014, so Thane's number below includes it.

● 2nd in India after UP
👥Population
11.24 cr
📈Decadal growth
15.99%
🏙️Density
365/km²
⚖️Sex ratio
929
👶Child sex ratio (0–6)
894
📚Literacy
82.34%
👨Male literacy
88.38%
👩Female literacy
75.87%
🏘️Urban %
45.22%
  1. 1Thane1,10,60,148Population
  2. 2Pune94,29,408Population
  3. 3Mumbai Suburban93,56,962Population
  4. 4Nashik61,07,187Population
  5. 5Nagpur46,53,570Population
  6. 6Ahmadnagar45,43,159Population
  7. 7Solapur43,17,756Population
  8. 8Jalgaon42,29,917Population
  9. 9Kolhapur38,76,001Population
  10. 10Aurangabad37,01,282Population
👉 Top 3 alone account for nearly 27% of Maharashtra's population. Thane is so big that even after Palghar split off in 2014, it remained the No. 1 district.

About this game

A focused, four-mode game to help MPSC / UPSC / state-PSC aspirants memorize Maharashtra Census 2011 data — the single most-asked General Studies topic on Maharashtra geography & society. The dataset covers all 35 districts as they existed in Census 2011 (Palghar was carved out of Thane only on 1 August 2014, so its population is included inside Thane's figure).

  • Reveal mode — top 10 / bottom 10 by population, sex ratio, child sex ratio (0–6), literacy, density, decadal growth.
  • Rank Race — drag-sort 5 random districts in the right order for a metric. Beat your best score.
  • Quiz — 10 MCQs per round across all metrics (which district has highest literacy? lowest sex ratio? etc.).
  • Flashcards — 20 high-yield one-liner facts (highest, lowest, state totals).

State headline numbers (Census 2011): total population 11.24 crore (2nd in India after UP), decadal growth 15.99%, density 365/km², sex ratio 929, child sex ratio 894, literacy 82.34% (M 88.38%, F 75.87%), urban share 45.22%.

Child sex ratio (0–6) extremes: Gadchiroli has the highest CSR (961) — typical of tribal Vidarbha districts — while Beed records the lowest CSR in the state at just 807, followed by Jalgaon (842), Ahmadnagar (852), Buldhana (855) and Aurangabad (858). The Marathwada sugar belt's skewed CSR is a frequently asked MPSC GS question.

Data source: Census of India 2011 / census2011.co.in.