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Showing posts with label CENSUS. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Sex-wise Population Growth

 
Decennial year    Average annual exponential growth rate (%)
Female Male Total
1 2 3 4
1901-11 0.53 0.61 0.56
1911-21 -0.08 0.01 -0.03
1921-31 1.01 1.06 1.04
1931-41 1.30 1.36 1.33
1941-51 1.27 1.25 1.25
1951-61 1.93 1.99 1.96
1961-71 2.15 2.27 2.20
1971-81 2.23 2.18 2.22
1981-91  2.10 2.17 2.16
1991-2001 1.99 1.92 1.97
2001-11     1.64
Source: Office of the Regisrar General, India.
Note: Average annual exponential growth rates as mentioned in columns 2, 3 and 4 include the interpolated data for Assam and Jammu & Kashmir for 1981 and 1991 Censuses respectively. While 2001 population does not include population of Paomata, Mao Maran and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur, 2011 population includes the estmated population for these three sub-divisions.

Female Population, its Share in Total Population and Sex Ratio for States/Union Territories - 2011

State/Union Territory Total population (Number) Female population (Number) Share of female population (%) Sex Ratio
1 2 3 4 5
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 379944 177614 46.7 878
Andhra Pradesh 84665533 42155652 49.8 992
Arunachal Pradesh 1382611 662379 47.9 920
Assam 31169272 15214345 48.8 954
Bihar 103804637 49619290 47.8 916
Chandigarh 1054686 474404 45.0 818
Chhattisgarh 25540196 12712281 49.8 991
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 342853 149675 43.7 775
Daman & Diu 242911 92811 38.2 618
Delhi 16753235 7776825 46.4 866
Goa 1457723 717012 49.2 968
Gujarat 60383628 28901346 47.9 918
Haryana 25353081 11847951 46.7 877
Himachal Pradesh 6856509 3382617 49.3 974
Jammu & Kashmir 12548926 5883365 46.9 883
Jharkhand 32966238 16034550 48.6 947
Karnataka 61130704 30072962 49.2 968
Kerala 33387677 17366387 52.0 1084
Lakshadweep 64429 31323 48.6 946
Madhya Pradesh 72597565 34984645 48.2 930
Maharashtra 112372972 54011575 48.1 925
Manipur 2721756 1351992 49.7 987
Meghalaya 2964007 1471339 49.6 986
Mizoram 1091014 538675 49.4 975
Nagaland 1980602 954895 48.2 931
Orissa 41947358 20745680 49.5 978
Pondicherry 1244464 633979 50.9 1038
Punjab 27704236 13069417 47.2 893
Rajasthan 68621012 33000926 48.1 926
Sikkim 607688 286027 47.1 889
Tamil Nadu 72138958 35980087 49.9 995
Tripura 3671032 1799165 49.0 961
Uttar Pradesh 199581477 94985062 47.6 908
Uttaranchal 10116752 4962574 49.1 963
West Bengal 91347736 44420347 48.6 947
India 1210193422 586469174 48.5 940
Source: Office of the Registrar General, India, Census 2011.
Notes:
1: India and Manipur figures include estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maran and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.
2. The population figures are provisional.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

CENSUS 2011 Major Data's

India's 15th National census has began on May 1, 2010. The census was conducted in two phases. According to the provisional reports released on March 31, 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. India's population is now pegged at 1.21 billion, an increase of more than 181 million in the last 10 years, according to the provisional 2011 Census report released on March 31 2011. The population comprising 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females is almost equal to the combined population of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together. The population has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011, the report said.


CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTAL
Distribution of population sex ratio density and decadal growth rate of population 2011
Administrative division of India
The growth rate in 2011 is 17.64 percent in comparison to 21.15 percent in 2001. Growth of population 2001-2011
The 2001-2011 period is the first decade -- with exception of 1911-1921 -- which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner of India C. Chandramauli said in presence of Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai in New Delhi. However, the percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 has registered the sharpest decline since independence -- a decrease of 3.90 percentage points from 21.54 to 17.64 percent.
The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous states have declined during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001.
Uttar Pradesh (25.85 percent to 20.09 percent), Maharashtra (22.73 per cent to 15.99 per cent), Bihar (28.62 per cent to 25.07 per cent), West Bengal (17.77 per cent to 13.93 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (14.59 per cent to 11.10 per cent and Madhya Pradesh (24.26 per cent to 20.23 per cent).
Among the states and Union territories, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with 199 million people and Lakshadweep the least populated at 64,429. The combined population of UP and Maharashtra is bigger than that of the US. Population share of States and Union Territories India 2011
The highest population density is in Delhi's north-east district (37,346 per sq km) while the lowest is in Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh (just one per sq km).
Child sex ratio in 2011 is 914 female against 1,000 male--the lowest since Independence. Sex Ratio of Total population and child population in the age group 0-6 and 7+ years - 2001 and 2011
According to the data, literates constitute 74 percent of the total population aged seven and above and illiterates form 26 percent. 
The literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 percent in 2001 to 74.04 percent in 2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percent. 
Interestingly, the addition of 181 million population during 2001-2011 is slightly lower than the total population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world.
While China has 19.4 percent of the world's total population, India has 17.5 percent of the world population.
Apart from UP, other most populous states are -- Maharashtra (112.3 million), Bihar (103.8 million), West Bengal (91.3 million) and Andhra Pradesh (84.6 million).
Besides Lakshadweep, smallest UTs and states are - Daman and Diu (2,42,911), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (3,42,853), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (7,79,944) and Sikkim (6,07,688).
"For the first time, there is a significant fall in the growth rate of population in the Empowered Action Group states after decades of stagnation," Chandramouli said.
The EAG states are: UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Orissa.
The Indian Census is the largest single source of a variety of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of India. With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time tested exercise has been bringing out a veritable wealth of statistics every 10 years, beginning from 1872 when the first census was conducted in India non-synchronously in different parts. To scholars and researchers in demography, economics, anthropology, sociology, statistics and many other disciplines, the Indian Census has been a fascinating source of data. The rich diversity of the people of India is truly brought out by the decennial census which has become one of the tools to understand and study India.
Census of India has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected.
India's population is projected to overtake China's by 2025 and its large youth population means it can look forward to a demographic dividend that includes ample supply of labour, rising productivity and plenty of younger workers to fund the pensions of those who have retired.
The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. It may be of historical interest that though the population census of India is a major administrative function; the Census Organisation was set up on an ad-hoc basis for each Census till the 1951 Census. The Census Act was enacted in 1948 to provide for the scheme of conducting population census with duties and responsibilities of census officers. The Government of India decided in May 1949 to initiate steps for developing systematic collection of statistics on the size of population, its growth, etc., and established an organisation in the Ministry of Home Affairs under Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India. This organisation was made responsible for generating data on population statistics including Vital Statistics and Census. Later, this office was also entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 in the country.
 
Census-2011 Data Summary
Area

Area of India : 3,287,240 Sq km.*
Largest State
Rajasthan
342,239 Sq km
Smallest State
Goa
3,702 Sq km
Largest Union Territory
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
8,249 Sq km
Smallest Union Territory
Lakshadweep
32 Sq km
Largest District
Kachchh (Gujarat)
45,652 Sq km
Smallest District
Mahe ( Pondicherry )
9 Sq km
* The area figure exclude 78,114 sq. km. under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. Illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under the illegal occupation of China in Ladakh district.
Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions :
No. of States
28
No. of Union Territories
7
No. of Districts
593
No. of Sub-districts
5,463
No. of CD Blocks
3,799
No. of Urban Agglomerations / Towns
4,378
No. of Urban Agglomerations
384
No. of Towns
5,161
No. of Inhabited Villages
593,731
No. of Uninhabited Villages
44,656
Population in 2011

Persons
121,01,93,422
Males
62,37,24,248
Females
58,64,69,174
Highest / Lowest Population
 State with Highest Population
Uttar Pradesh
19, 95, 81,477(16.49%)
 State with Lowest Population
Sikkim
6, 07,688 (0.05%)
 UT with Highest Population
Delhi
1,67,53,235
 UT with Lowest Population
Lakshadweep
64,429
 District with Highest Population
Thane (Maharashtra)
1,10,54,131
 District with Lowest Population
Yanam (Pondicherry)
55,616
 Population Density


Persons / Sq. Km

India
382
State with Highest Population Density
Bihar
1,102
State with Lowest Population Density
Arunachal Pradesh
17
UT with Highest Population Density
Delhi
11,297
UT with Lowest Population Density
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
46
Sex Ratio

Sex ratio (females per thousand males)

India
944

Rural
946

Urban
900
State with Highest Female Sex Ratio
Kerala
1,099
State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio
Sikkim
883
UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio
Pondicherry
1,047
UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio
Daman & Diu
589

Monday, January 16, 2012

National Population Policy of India

It was long before procuring our Independence even that several discussion benches saw the onset of population policy. Much before Independence; in the year 1938 only a Sub Committee on population was set up by the National Planning Committee appointed by the Interim Government. The National Planning Committee passed a resolution in 1940 that stated the need for the state to adopt family planning and welfare policies in order to bring about a harmonious order of social economy. The resolution also stressed the need of limitation of children.

April, 1951 recorded further enhancements in this policy formulation as the First Five Year Plan labeled for an overt population policy and adjudged family planning as a pragmatic and essential step towards improvement in health of mothers and children. It was because in the plan, family planning was treated as a part of the health program and received a 100% funding from the centre government. And with each passing year, the amount of these funds has increased. The success of this family planning agenda was so dear to the heart of the government that even a separate department coined as Department of Family Planning was carved out in the Ministry of Health in the year 1966. This was done with an objective to reinforce the population control program.

This National Population Policy was further modified and re announced in 1977. In this new policy, what was reinforced was education and health. The latter component of the reformulated policy included the general as well as maternal and child health both. A voluntary family planning was also introduced here on. This also saw the change of the phrase from Family Planning to Family Welfare program that is maintained till date.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

CENSUS TERMINOLOGY

Rural-Urban Areas:
The data in the table on Final Population Totals are presented separately for rural and urban areas. The unit of classification in this regard is 'town' for urban areas and 'village' for rural areas. In the Census of India 2001, the definition of urban area adopted is as follows: (a) All statutory places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc. (b) A place satisfying the following three criteria simultaneously:
i) a minimum population of 5,000;
ii) at least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and
iii) a density of population of at least 400 per sq. km. (1,000 per sq. mile).
For identification of places which would qualify to be classified as 'urban' all villages, which, as per the 1991 Census had a population of 4,000 and above, a population density of 400 persons per sq. km. and having at least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural activity were considered. To work out the proportion of male working population referred to above against b)(ii), the data relating to main workers were taken into account.
An Urban Agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining urban outgrowths (OGs) or two or more physically contiguous towns together and any adjoining urban outgrowths of such towns. Examples of OGs are railway colonies, university campuses, port areas, etc., that may come up near a city or statutory town outside its statutory limits but within the revenue limits of a village or villages contiguous to the town or city. Each such individual area by itself may not satisfy the minimum population limit to qualify it to be treated as an independent urban unit but may deserve to be clubbed with the town as a continuous urban spread.
For the purpose of delineation of Urban Agglomerations during Census of India 2001, following criteria are taken as pre-requisites: (a) The core town or at least one of the constituent towns of an urban agglomeration should necessarily be a statutory town; and (b) The total population of all the constituents (i.e. towns and outgrowths) of an Urban Agglomeration should not be less than 20,000 (as per the 1991 Census). With these two basic criteria having been met, the following are the possible different situations in which Urban Agglomerations would be constituted: (i) a city or town with one or more contiguous outgrowths; (ii) two or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths; and (iii) a city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths all of which form a continuous spread.

City
Towns with population of 1,00,000 and above are called cities


Household
A 'household' is usually a group of persons who normally live together and take their meals from a common kitchen unless the exigencies of work prevent any of them from doing so. Persons in a household may be related or unrelated or a mix of both. However, if a group of unrelated persons live in a census house but do not take their meals from the common kitchen, then they are not constituent of a common household. Each such person was to be treated as a separate household. The important link in finding out whether it was a household or not was a common kitchen. There may be one member households, two member households or multi-member households.A household with at least one Scheduled Caste member is treated as Scheduled Caste Household. Similarly, a household having at least one Scheduled Tribe member is treated as a Scheduled Tribe household.

Institutional Household
A group of unrelated persons who live in an institution and take their meals from a common kitchen is called an Institutional Household. Examples of Institutional Households are boarding houses, messes, hostels, hotels, rescue homes, jails, ashrams, orphanages, etc. To make the definition more clearly perceptible to the enumerators at the Census 2001, it was specifically mentioned that this category of households would cover only those households where a group of unrelated persons live in an institution and share a common kitchen.

Houseless Households
Households who do not live in buildings or census houses but live in the open on roadside, pavements, in hume pipes, under fly-overs and staircases, or in the open in places of worship, mandaps, railway platforms, etc. are treated as Houseless households.

Work
Work is defined as participation in any economically productive activity with or without compensation, wages or profit. Such participation may be physical and/or mental in nature. Work involves not only actual work but also includes effective supervision and direction of work. It even includes part time help or unpaid work on farm, family enterprise or in any other economic activity. All persons engaged in 'work' as defined above are workers. Persons who are engaged in cultivation or milk production even solely for domestic consumption are also treated as workers.
Reference period for determining a person as worker and non-worker is one year preceding the date of enumeration.

Main Workers
Those workers who had worked for the major part of the reference period (i.e. 6 months or more) are termed as Main Workers.

Marginal Workers
Those workers who had not worked for the major part of the reference period (i.e. less than 6 months) are termed as Marginal Workers.

Cultivator
For purposes of the census a person is classified as cultivator if he or she is engaged in cultivation of land owned or held from Government or held from private persons or institutions for payment in money, kind or share. Cultivation includes effective supervision or direction in cultivation. A person who has given out her/his land to another person or persons or institution(s) for cultivation for money, kind or share of crop and who does not even supervise or direct cultivation of land, is not treated as cultivator. Similarly, a person working on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or a combination of both (agricultural labourer) is not treated as cultivator.
Cultivation involves ploughing, sowing, harvesting and production of cereals and millet crops such as wheat, paddy, jowar, bajra, ragi, etc., and other crops such as sugarcane, tobacco, ground-nuts, tapioca, etc., and pulses, raw jute and kindred fibre crop, cotton, cinchona and other medicinal plants, fruit growing, vegetable growing or keeping orchards or groves, etc. Cultivation does not include the following plantation crops - tea, coffee, rubber, coconut and betel-nuts (areca).
Agricultural Labourers
A person who works on another person's land for wages in money or kind or share is regarded as an agricultural labourer. She or he has no risk in the cultivation, but merely works on another person's land for wages. An agricultural labourer has no right of lease or contract on land on which She/he works.

Household Industry Workers
Household Industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the household at home or within the village in rural areas and only within the precincts of the house where the household lives in urban areas. The larger proportion of workers in the household industry consists of members of the household. The industry is not run on the scale of a registered factory which would qualify or has to be registered under the Indian Factories Act.
The main criterion of a Household industry even in urban areas is the participation of one or more members of a household. Even if the industry is not actually located at home in rural areas there is a greater possibility of the members of the household participating even if it is located anywhere within the village limits. In the urban areas, where organized industry takes greater prominence, the Household Industry is confined to the precincts of the house where the participants live. In urban areas, even if the members of the household run an industry by themselves but at a place away from the precincts of their home, it is not considered as a Household Industry. It should be located within the precincts of the house where the members live in the case of urban areas.
Household Industry relates to production, processing, servicing, repairing or making and selling (but not merely selling) of goods. It does not include professions such as a Pleader, Doctor, Musician, Dancer, Waterman, Astrologer, Dhobi, Barber, etc., or merely trade or business, even if such professions, trade or services are run at home by members of the household. Some of the typical industries that can be conducted on a household industry basis are: Foodstuffs : such as production of floor, milking or dehusking of paddy, grinding of herbs, production of pickles, preservation of meat etc. Beverages: such as manufacture of country liquor, ice cream, soda water etc., Tobacco Products : such as bidi, cigars, Textile cotton, Jute, Wool or Silk, Manufacture of Wood and Wood Products, Paper and Paper Products, Leather and Leather Products, Petroleum and Coal Products : such as making foot wear from torn tyres and other rubber footwear, Chemical and Chemical Products :such as manufacture of toys, paints, colours, matches, fireworks, perfumes, ink etc., Service and Repairing of Transport Equipments : such as cycle, rickshaw, boat or animal driven carts etc.

Other Workers
All workers, i.e., those who have been engaged in some economic activity during the last one year, but are not cultivators or agricultural labourers or in Household Industry, are 'Other Workers(OW)'. The type of workers that come under this category of 'OW' include all government servants, municipal employees, teachers, factory workers, plantation workers, those engaged in trade, commerce, business, transport banking, mining, construction, political or social work, priests, entertainment artists, etc. In effect, all those workers other than cultivators or agricultural labourers or household industry workers, are 'Other Workers'.

Non Workers
A person who did not at all work during the reference period was treated as non-worker. The non-workers broadly constitute Students who did not participate in any economic activity paid or unpaid, household duties who were attending to daily household chores like cooking, cleaning utensils, looking after children, fetching water etc. and are not even helping in the unpaid work in the family form or cultivation or milching, dependant such as infants or very elderly people not included in the category of worker, pensioners those who are drawing pension after retirement and are not engaged in any economic activity. Beggars, vagrants, prostitutes and persons having unidentified source of income and with unspecified sources of subsistence and not engaged in any economically productive work during the reference period. Others, this category includes all Non-workers who may not come under the above categories such as rentiers, persons living on remittances, agricultural or non-agricultural royalty, convicts in jails or inmates of penal, mental or charitable institutions doing no paid or unpaid work and persons who are seeking/available for work.
 
Migration
Internal Migration
It incldes any movement within the political boundaries of a nation which results in a change of usual place of residence. It may consist of the crossing of a village or town boundary as a minimum condition for qualifying the movement as internal migration. Thus, the concept of internal migration involves implicitly an imposition of boundary lines which must be crossed before a movement is counted as internal migration.

Migrant
Migrant is usually defined as a person who has moved from one politically defined area to another similar area. In Indian context, these areas are generally a village in rural and a town in urban. Thus a person who moves out from one village or town to another village or town is termed as a migrant provided his/her movement is not of purely temporary nature on account of casual leave, visits, tours, etc.

Non- Migrants (Immobiles)
People, who are seen living their entire life-time and die in the same village/town in which they were born, are defined as Immobiles or non-migrants.

Birth Place Migrant
If at the time of Census enumeration, there is a change in the usual place of residence of an individual with reference to his/her birth place, he/she is defined as a migrant in accordance with ‘birth place’ concept.

Last Residence Migrant
If at the time of Census enumeration, a change in the usual place of residence of an individual is noted with reference to his/her previous usual residence, he/she is termed as a migrant in accordance with ‘last residence’ concept.

In-migrant
A person, who crosses the boundaries of a village/town for the purpose of residing at the place of enumeration, is an in-migrant.

Out-migrant
If a person moves out from the place of enumeration (village/town) to another politically defined area (village/town) for usual residence, he or she is termed as an out-migrant.

Intra-district Migrant
When a person moves out from his place of usual residence or birth to another politically defined area (village/town), which is within the district of enumeration, he/she is termed as an intra-district migrant.

Inter-district Migrant
A person who is in the course of migration crosses the boundary of the district of enumeration but remains within the State of enumeration, is termed as an inter-district migrant.

Intra-state Migrant
When a person crosses the boundary of his/her village/town for usual residence elsewhere within the State of enumeration, the person concerned is treated as an intra-State migrant. Thus intra-district and inter-district migrants together constitute the intra-State migrants.

Inter-State migrant
If the place of enumeration of an individual differs from the place of birth or last residence and these lie in two different States, the person is treated accordingly as an inter-State migrant with regard to birth place or last residence concept.

Life-time In-Migration
It denotes the total number of persons enumerated in a given area at a particular Census who were born outside the area of enumeration but within the national boundaries.

Life-time Out-Migration
It gives the total number of persons born in a given area but now enumerated outside the area within the national boundaries at the time of particular Census.

Life-time Net-Migration
The difference between life-time in-migration and life-time out-migration is termed as life-time net-migration.

Migration rate
It is taken as the ratio of total migrants counted in the Census to its total population multiplied by 1000. While discussing the migration result, the term population mobility is taken as a synonym to migration rate.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Census 2011

India's 15th National census has began on May 1, 2010. The census was conducted in two phases. According to the provisional reports released on March 31, 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. India's population is now pegged at 1.21 billion, an increase of more than 181 million in the last 10 years, according to the provisional 2011 Census report released on March 31 2011. The population comprising 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females is almost equal to the combined population of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together. The population has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011, the report said. Figures At a Glance
CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS - INDIA - DATA SHEET
Population 2011 map
Distribution of population sex ratio density and decadal growth rate of population 2011 Table
Administrative division of India map
The growth rate in 2011 is 17.64 percent in comparison to 21.15 percent in 2001. Growth of population 2001-2011 map
The 2001-2011 period is the first decade -- with exception of 1911-1921 -- which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner of India C. Chandramauli said in presence of Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai in New Delhi. However, the percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 has registered the sharpest decline since independence -- a decrease of 3.90 percentage points from 21.54 to 17.64 percent.Table
The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous states have declined during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001.
Uttar Pradesh (25.85 percent to 20.09 percent), Maharashtra (22.73 per cent to 15.99 per cent), Bihar (28.62 per cent to 25.07 per cent), West Bengal (17.77 per cent to 13.93 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (14.59 per cent to 11.10 per cent and Madhya Pradesh (24.26 per cent to 20.23 per cent).
Among the states and Union territories, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with 199 million people and Lakshadweep the least populated at 64,429. The combined population of UP and Maharashtra is bigger than that of the US. Population share of States and Union Territories India 2011 Graph Table
The highest population density is in Delhi's north-east district (37,346 per sq km) while the lowest is in Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh (just one per sq km).
Child sex ratio in 2011 is 914 female against 1,000 male--the lowest since Independence. Sex Ratio of Total population and child population in the age group 0-6 and 7+ years - 2001 and 2011 Table
According to the data, literates constitute 74 percent of the total population aged seven and above and illiterates form 26 percent. Map
The literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 percent in 2001 to 74.04 percent in 2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percent. Table
Interestingly, the addition of 181 million population during 2001-2011 is slightly lower than the total population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world. India in World Population 2011
While China has 19.4 percent of the world's total population, India has 17.5 percent of the world population.
Apart from UP, other most populous states are -- Maharashtra (112.3 million), Bihar (103.8 million), West Bengal (91.3 million) and Andhra Pradesh (84.6 million).
Besides Lakshadweep, smallest UTs and states are - Daman and Diu (2,42,911), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (3,42,853), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (7,79,944) and Sikkim (6,07,688).
"For the first time, there is a significant fall in the growth rate of population in the Empowered Action Group states after decades of stagnation," Chandramouli said.
The EAG states are: UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Orissa.
The Indian Census is the largest single source of a variety of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of India. With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time tested exercise has been bringing out a veritable wealth of statistics every 10 years, beginning from 1872 when the first census was conducted in India non-synchronously in different parts. To scholars and researchers in demography, economics, anthropology, sociology, statistics and many other disciplines, the Indian Census has been a fascinating source of data. The rich diversity of the people of India is truly brought out by the decennial census which has become one of the tools to understand and study India.
Census of India has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected.
India's population is projected to overtake China's by 2025 and its large youth population means it can look forward to a demographic dividend that includes ample supply of labour, rising productivity and plenty of younger workers to fund the pensions of those who have retired.
The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. It may be of historical interest that though the population census of India is a major administrative function; the Census Organisation was set up on an ad-hoc basis for each Census till the 1951 Census. The Census Act was enacted in 1948 to provide for the scheme of conducting population census with duties and responsibilities of census officers. The Government of India decided in May 1949 to initiate steps for developing systematic collection of statistics on the size of population, its growth, etc., and established an organisation in the Ministry of Home Affairs under Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India. This organisation was made responsible for generating data on population statistics including Vital Statistics and Census. Later, this office was also entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 in the country.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

CENSUS 2011 MCQs

1. The first census was conducted in India in?
a) 1872
b) 1881
c) 1891
d) 1901
e) None of these

2. At Present Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India?
a) P.Chidambaram
b) G.K.Pillai
c) C.Chandramouli
d) G.E.Vahanvati
e) None of these

3. Second most populous country in the world?
a) China
b) India
c) USA
d) Indonesia
e) Brazil

4. The population of India, as per provisional population data of Census 2011?
a) 121,01,93,422
b) 623,724,248
c) 586,469,174
d) 102,87,37,436
e) None of these

5. Most populous state in India?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
e) Andhra Pradesh

6. Least populous state?
a) Sikkim
b) Mizoram
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Goa
e) Nagaland

7. Most populous Union Territory?
a) Delhi
b) Puducherry
c) Chandigarh
d) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
e) Dadra & Nagar Haveli

8. Least populous Union Terri-tory?
a) Lakshadweep
b)Daman & Diu
c)Dadra & Nagar Haveli
d)Andaman & Nicobar Islands
e) Chandigarh

9. The population of India has increased by more than ……… million during the decade 2001-11?
a) 171
b) 181
c) 191
d) 201
e) None of these

10. Density of population is defi-ned as the number of persons per square ?
a) Millimetre
b) Centimetre
c) Decimetre
d) Kilometre
e) None of these

11. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, the population density of India?
a) 325
b) 382
c) 482
d) 582
e) None of these

12. Which of the following pairings is wrong (state & Pop-ulation Density)?
a) Bihar - 1102
b) West Bengal - 1029
c) Kerala - 859
d) Uttar Pradesh - 828
e) Haryana - 555

13. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, the popul-ation density of Andhra Pradesh?
a) 277
b) 308
c) 408
d) 508
e) None of these

14. Which state has become the most densely populated state with 1102 persons per square kilometer?
a) Bihar
b) West Bengal
c) Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) None of these

15. Which state has least densely populated state with 17 persons per square kilometer?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Sikkim
d) Nagaland
e) None of these

16. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, India's Sex Ratio is ?
a) 933
b) 940
c) 1084
d) 877
e) 992

17. Which state has the highest sex ratio?
a) Kerala
b) Haryana
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Punjab
e) None of these

18. Which state has the lowest sex ratio?
a) Haryana
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra
e) None of these

19. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, India's Literacy Rate?
a) 64.83%
b) 74.04%
c) 93.91%
d) 63.82%
e) 67.66%

20. Which state has the highest Literacy Rate with 93.91%?
a) Kerala
b) Bihar
c) Uttar Pradesh
d)Sikkim
e) None of these

21. Which state has the Lowest Literacy Rate with 63.82%?
a) Orissa
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) Kerala
e) None of these

22. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Popula-tion growth rate for the period (2001-11)?
a) 21.65%
b) 17.64%
c) 18.12%
d) 17.19%
e) None of these

23. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Population?
a) 19,95,81,477
b) 11,23,72,972
c) 103,804,637
d) 9,13,47,736
e) 8,46,65,533

24. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh density of population?
a) 382
b) 1102
c) 17
d) 308
e) None of these

25. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Sex Ratio?
a) 940
b) 1084
c) 877
d) 992
e) None of these

26. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Literacy Ratio?
a) 74.04%
b) 82.14%
c) 65.46%
d) 67.66%
e) None of these

27. As per provisional population data of Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh Population growth rate for the period (2001-11)?
a) 17.64%
b) 11.10%
c) 12.10%
d) 13.10%
e) None of these

28 Consider the following statem-ents (As per provisional popul-ation data of Census 2011)?
A. Uttar Pradesh is the state with highest population.
B. Sikkim is the state with Least population.
C. West Bengal is the state with highest density of population with 1102 persons per square kilometer.
D. Arunachal Pradesh is the state with least density of popul-ation with 17 persons per square kilometer.
E. India's population is 121,01,93,422.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) A and B Only
b) B and C only
c) C and D only
d) D and E only
e) A,B,D & E only

29. Consider the following statem-ents (As per provisional popul-ation data of Census 2011)?
A. India's Literacy rate is 74.04%.
B. India's Males literacy rate is 82.14%.
C. India's Female literacy rate is 65.46%.
D. Kerala state has the highest Literacy Rate with 93.91%.
E. Orissa state has the Lowest Literacy Rate with 63.82%.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
a) A only
b) B only
c) C only
d) D only
e) E only

30. Which of the following pairings is wrong (State & Sex Ratio)?
a) Kerala - 1084
b) Andhra Pradesh - 992
c) Delhi - 866
d) Haryana - 893
e) Tamil Nadu - 995

ANSWERS:

1) a 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) a 6) a 7) a 8) a 9) b 10) d 11) b 12) e 13) b 14) a 15) a 16) b 17)a 18) a 19)b 20) a 21) c 22) b 23)e 24) d 25) d 26) d 27) b 28) e 29) e 30) d

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Census Of India 2011


The Indian Census is a credible source of statistical information on different characteristics of the citizens since 1872. This was conducted at different points of time in different parts of the country. In 1881 a Census was taken for the entire country simultaneously. Since then, Census has been conducted every ten years, without a break. The Census provides a snapshot of the country's population and housing at a given point of time. The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs is the nodal authority for conducting decennial Census in the country. Census 2011 is the 15th National Census of the country since 1872 and the 7th after Independence.


Importance of Census:
Census provides detailed and authentic information on demography, economic activity, literacy and education, housing & household amenities, urbanisation, fertility and mortality, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, language, religion, migration, disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data.
This information helps the Central and State Governments in planning and formulation of various policies. Besides, the delimitation or reservation of constituencies-Parliamentary/Assembly/Panchayats and other local bodies- is also based on demographic data.



Census of India 2011:
Census 2011 was conducted in two phases. The first phase, called the House Listing or Housing Census was conducted between April and September last year across the country, depending on the convenience of different States/UTs. The second phase, Population Enumeration, began simultaneously all over the country from February 9, 2011 and continued up to February 28, 2011.

 New Features of Census 2011:
Fresh Categories
The following fresh categories have been incorporated for comprehensive and better data:
  • Gender: New category "Other" introduced in addition to Male and Female.
  • Date of Birth question introduced along with Age.
  • Current Marital Status: Separate codes Assigned for Separated and Divorced.
  • New filter Question on SC/ST Introduced - "Is this person SC/ST?"
  • Disability: Household Schedule of Census 2011 attempts to collect information on eight types of disabilities as against five included in the Household Schedule of Census of India 2001. The information is being collected on disabilities namely, disability 'In Seeing', 'In Hearing', 'In Speech', 'In Movement', 'Mental retardation', 'Mental Illness', 'Any Other' and 'Multiple Disability'.
  • Literacy Status for "Other" sex added in addition to existing Male and Female.
  • New Codes under Status of Attendance in Educational Institutions introduced for Not Attending viz., (i) Attended before and (ii) Never attended.
  • Work: Marginal workers have been classified into two categories viz., (i) worked for 3 months or more but less than 6 months (ii) worked for less than 3 months. The definition of 'Main worker' remains the same.
  • A separate code-5 has been included under Non-economic activity for renters.
  • Migration - Provision to specify the present name of the Village/Town of the Birth Place as well as the Place of Last Residence introduced.
  • Name of the Institutional Household is also being recorded.
Census in Schools Census 2011 has taken initiatives to sensitise school students about census operations. The Census Organization is implementing "Census in School' programme across the country. This is specifically designed for the active participation of children in ensuring authenticity of census data of their families.
The programme covers about 60 to 80 schools in each of the 640 Districts in the country.

Mascot of an Enumerator
The mascot of an enumerator has been created for Census 2011 to make the process more people-friendly. The mascot helps people relate with the Census process and elucidates the key role of enumerators in the process. A toll free number 1800-345-0111 and services of call centre have been introduced for addressing public grievances.

Census Data
According to provisional results, India's population grew to 1.21 billion. The absolute number of children in the 0-6 age group recorded decline from 163 million in the 2001 census to 158 million in 2011. For detailed information click on the links given below:
Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011
  • State/Union Territories: 35
  • Districts: 640
  • Sub-districts: 5,924
  • Towns: 7,938
  • Villages: 6.41 Lakh
The cost of Census 2011 has been estimated at Rs 22,000 million, which works out to a per person cost of Rs.18.19. A total of 2.7 million functionaries worked in the conduct of the census. The census schedules were canvassed in 16 languages. A total of 340 million schedules were printed.

National Population Register (NPR) A milestone of Census 2011 is the creation of National Population Register (NPR). The National Population Register (NPR) will build up a comprehensive identity database of usual residents of the country. It would have the biometric data and UID Number of every person (15 years and above).
National Identity Cards will be given in a phased manner to all usual residents by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
The NPR is being introduced for the first time in the country. More on National Population Register
General Information about Census:
According to Article 246, population Census is a Union Subject in India. But, the State Governments provide administrative support in conducting the Census process.
The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, headed by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, plans and implements Census. There are field offices, headed by Directors of Census Operations, in all the States and Union Territories (except Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Union Territory of Daman and Diu), which are attached to the office at Gujarat.
Directors of Census Operations are responsible for the conduct of Census in their respective jurisdiction.
The first step towards executing Census process involves preparation of a complete and unduplicated list of all geographical entities in the country, which include States, Districts, Tehsils/Taluks/ Community Development (CD) Blocks and Villages/Town at a particular point of time. More on Census Jurisdiction
The enumerators, supervisors and other field functionaries visit each and every household and ask questions to filling up Census forms. The information collected about individuals is kept absolutely confidential.
After the field work, the Census forms are transported to data processing centres located at 15 cities across the country. For faster data processing, the Intelligent Character Recognition Software (ICR) is used which saves a huge amount of manual labour and cost. The ICR technology with advanced features scans the Census Forms at high speed and extracts the data automatically. The Census is a statutory exercise conducted under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948 and Census Rules, 1990.
With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time tested exercise has been bringing out a veritable wealth of statistics. To scholars and researchers in demography, economics, anthropology, sociology, statistics and many other disciplines, the Indian Census has been a fascinating source of data. The rich diversity of the people of India is truly brought out by the decennial census which has become one of the tools to understand and study India.

 National Population Policy 2000:

The National Population Policy, 2000 (NPP 2000) affirms the commitment of the Government towards voluntary and informed choice and consent of citizens while availing of reproductive health care services, and continuation of the target free approach in administering family planning services. The NPP 2000 provides a policy framework for advancing goals and prioritizing strategies during the next decade, to meet the reproductive and child health needs of the people of India, and to achieve net replacement levels (TFR) by 2010. It is based upon the need to simultaneously address issues of child survival, maternal health, and contraception, while increasing outreach and coverage of a comprehensive package of reproductive and child health services by government, industry and the voluntary non-government sector, working in partnership. More on National Population Policy 2000