Behror Tahsil, with population of about 3.6 lakh is Alwar district's the 3rd most populous sub district, located in Alwar district of the state Rajasthan in India. There are 176 villages in the sub district, among them Bardod is the most populous village with population of about 16 thousand and Heeragarh is the least populous village with population of 9. Bardod is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 21 km2 and Naglisadh is the smallest with 0 km2.
There are 3 cities in the sub district which comes under the sub district administration, those are - Behror (M) Municipality; Shahjahanpur (CT) and Neemrana (CT) Census Towns.
Demographics
The sub district is home to about 3.6 lakh people, among them about 1.9 lakh (53%) are male and about 1.7 lakh (47%) are female. 83% of the whole population are from general caste, 15% are from schedule caste and 2% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Behror tahsil is 13%, among them 56% are boys and 44% are girls. There are about 65 thousand households in the sub district and an average 6 persons live in every family.
The majority of the population, nearly 87% (about 3.1 lakh) live in Behror Sub District rural part and 13% (about 47 thousand) population live in the Behror Sub District urban part.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
359,248 |
296,433 |
54,152 |
8,663 |
47,704 |
| Male |
188,850 |
155,957 |
28,342 |
4,551 |
26,634 |
| Female |
170,398 |
140,476 |
25,810 |
4,112 |
21,070 |
Religion wise distribution of population
Hindus contribute 99% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 902.
|
Total |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Christian |
Sikh |
Buddhist |
Jain |
Others |
Not Stated |
| Total |
359,248 |
355,104 |
3,103 |
315 |
97 |
54 |
75 |
2 |
498 |
| Male |
188,850 |
186,678 |
1,607 |
153 |
60 |
28 |
33 |
1 |
290 |
| Female |
170,398 |
168,426 |
1,496 |
162 |
37 |
26 |
42 |
1 |
208 |
Growth of population
Population of the sub district has increased by 17.5% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 3.1 lakh. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 16.6% which is -1.8% lower than male population growth rate of 18.4%. General caste population has increased by 16.9%; Schedule caste population has increased by 13.2%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 99.8% and child population has decreased by -7.6% in the sub district since last census.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
17.5% |
16.9% |
13.2% |
99.8% |
-7.6% |
| Male |
18.4% |
17.8% |
13.7% |
104% |
-4.7% |
| Female |
16.6% |
15.9% |
12.6% |
95.4% |
-10.9% |
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 902 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 901, in schedule caste is 911 and in schedule tribe is 904. There are 791 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has decreased by 15 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 55 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
|
Total |
General |
SC |
ST |
Child |
| Change |
-15 |
-14 |
-9 |
-39 |
-55 |
| 2011 |
902 |
901 |
911 |
904 |
791 |
| 2001 |
917 |
915 |
920 |
943 |
846 |
Literacy
Total about 2.5 lakh people in the sub district are literate, among them about 1.5 lakh are male and about 1 lakh are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Behror is 80%. 91% of male and 67% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 6%. Male literacy has gone up by 3% and female literacy rate has gone up by 9%.
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Change |
5.9% |
2.7% |
9.2% |
| 2011 |
79.8% |
91.1% |
67.5% |
| 2001 |
73.9% |
88.4% |
58.3% |
Workers profile
Behror has 49% (about 1.8 lakh) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 53% male and 46% female population are working population. 44% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 9% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 23% of total female population are main and 22% are marginal workers.
|
Worker (Among total population) |
Main Worker (Among workers) |
Marginal Worker (Among workers) |
Non Worker (Among total population) |
| Total |
49.3% |
34.1% |
15.2% |
50.7% |
| Male |
52.6% |
43.8% |
8.8% |
47.4% |
| Female |
45.6% |
23.3% |
22.3% |
54.4% |