Latur District Population, Maharashtra - Census India 2011

Latur is one of district of Maharashtra in India. There are 10 Talukas, 948 villages and 7 towns in Latur district.

As per the Census India 2011, Latur district has 481,572 households, population of 2,454,196 of which 1,273,140 are males and 1,181,056 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 317,811 which is 12.95% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Latur district is around 928 compared to 929 which is average of Maharashtra state. The literacy rate of Latur district is 67.26% out of which 73.24% males are literate and 60.81% females are literate. The total area of Latur is 7,157 sq.km with population density of 343 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 74.53% of population lives in Urban area and 25.47% lives in Rural area. There are 19.6% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 2.34% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Latur district.

Latur Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,454,196	100%
Hindu	2,006,984	81.78%
Muslim	367,664	14.98%
Buddhist	66,535	2.71%
Jain	6,387	0.26%
Religion not stated	2,994	0.12%
Christian	2,387	0.1%
Sikh	935	0.04%
Other religions and persuasions	310	0.01%

Latur Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	84	7,073
Number of households	118,163	363,409
Total Population	624,980	1,829,216
Population (%)	51.75%	48.08%
Male Population	323,433	949,707
Female Population	301,547	879,509
Sex Ratio	932	926
Literacy (%)	72.93%	65.32%

List of Talukas in Latur

Check out complete list of all Talukas of Latur district, Maharashtra

Latur Population Facts

Number of Households	481,572
Population	2,454,196
Male Population	1,273,140 (51.88%)
Female Population	1,181,056 (48.12%)
Children Population	317,811
Area	7,157 km2
Population density/km2	343
Sex-ratio	928
Literacy	67.26%
Male Literacy	73.24%
Female Literacy	60.81%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	2.34%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	19.6%