Statistics Of District
District Burhanpur is
located in Tapti valley .
It touches the northern border of the Maharashtra State. it is
divided in 2 development blocks namely Burhanpur and Khaknar. It is
consisting of 3 tehsils namely Nepanagar, Burhanpur & Khaknar. From
Agriculture point of view district is very good. The major
crops of the district are : Cotton, Banana, Sugarcane, wheat,
chilly etc. Major occupation of district is agriculture. Handloom industry
is also live in Burhanpur town.
| Tehsil | Total Population | Male | Female | SC | ST | LITERATE | MALE Literacy | FEMALE Literacy | Main Working Population | |
| Burhan pur* | ||||||||||
| Total | 483831 | 249146 | 234685 | 43701 | 89639 | 258272 | 152909 | 105363 | 195285 | |
| Rural | 271951 | 140064 | 131887 | 28498 | 86918 | 126239 | 78376 | 47863 | 129885 | |
| Urban | 211880 | 109082 | 102798 | 15203 | 2721 | 132033 | 74533 | 57500 | 65400 | |
| Nepa-nagar | Total | 151052 | 77470 | 73582 | 12609 | 78557 | 53657 | 33882 | 19775 | 58532 |
| Rural | 119414 | 61129 | 58285 | 7098 | 75062 | 31943 | 21351 | 10592 | 50820 | |
| Urban | 31638 | 16341 | 15297 | 5511 | 3495 | 21714 | 12531 | 9183 | 7712 | |
| District Total | Total |
634883 |
326616 |
308267 |
56310 |
168196 |
311929 |
186791 |
125138 |
253817 |
| Rural | 391365 | 201193 | 190172 | 35596 | 161980 | 158182 | 99727 | 58455 | 180705 | |
| Urban | 243518 | 125423 | 118095 | 20714 | 6216 | 153747 | 87064 | 66683 | 73112 | |
According to Census-2001Report.
*Khaknar Tehsil is formed from Burhanpur Tehsil after 2001 census. Hence the data of two tehsils are merged in the data of Burhanpur Tehsil in above table.