Dhule District Population, Maharashtra - Census India 2011

Dhule is one of district of Maharashtra in India. There are 4 Talukas, 678 villages and 8 towns in Dhule district.

As per the Census India 2011, Dhule district has 408,874 households, population of 2,050,862 of which 1,054,031 are males and 996,831 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 273,507 which is 13.34% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Dhule district is around 946 compared to 929 which is average of Maharashtra state. The literacy rate of Dhule district is 63.09% out of which 68.63% males are literate and 57.23% females are literate. The total area of Dhule is 7,195 sq.km with population density of 285 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 72.16% of population lives in Urban area and 27.84% lives in Rural area. There are 6.22% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 31.56% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dhule district.

Dhule Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total2,050,862100%
Hindu1,825,46089.01%
Muslim187,9019.16%
Buddhist13,4050.65%
Jain12,8180.63%
Religion not stated5,2910.26%
Christian3,6530.18%
Sikh1,4220.07%
Other religions and persuasions9120.04%

Dhule Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)1177,078
Number of households112,157296,717
Total Population571,0361,479,826
Population (%)51.68%48.72%
Male Population295,115758,916
Female Population275,921720,910
Sex Ratio935950
Literacy (%)76.44%57.94%

List of Talukas in Dhule

Check out complete list of all Talukas of Dhule district, Maharashtra
TalukaPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Dhule840,6551,972426931
Sakri464,9132,410193970
Shirpur422,1371,511279952
Sindkhede323,1571,303248941

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Dhule Population Facts

Number of Households408,874
Population2,050,862
Male Population1,054,031 (51.39%)
Female Population996,831 (48.61%)
Children Population273,507
Area7,195 km2
Population density/km2285
Sex-ratio946
Literacy63.09%
Male Literacy68.63%
Female Literacy57.23%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %31.56%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %6.22%

Map of Dhule, Maharashtra