RURAL URBAN DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION

Census of India 2011

(Provisional Population Totals)

R. R. MeenaJoint Director of Census Operations, Rajasthan

Ministry of Home AffairsGovernment of India

Jaipur: 03rd August 2011.

Our Census, Our Future

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What is Provisional Population?

• Provisional Population is arrived at by adding the

Population as reported by each Enumerator for the

Enumeration Block assigned to her/him

• There could be errors in addition or there could be

cases of omission/ duplication of Enumeration

Blocks

• The Final Population will be released next year after

scanning of Census Schedules, data capture by

using ICR technology and processing is completed.

Definition- Rural & Urban Areas

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• Urban Unit (or Town):

• All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc. (known as Statutory Town)

• All other places which satisfied the following criteria (known as Census Town): A minimum population of 5,000; At least 75 per cent of the male main workers

engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and A density of population of at least 400 per sq. km.

Number of Urban Units – Rajasthan

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• Towns (Statutory + Census):

• Census 2001 222

• Census 2011 297 Increase: 75

• Statutory Towns:

• Census 2001 184

• Census 2011 185 Increase: 1

• Census Towns:

• Census 2001 38

• Census 2011 112 Increase: 74

Rural Areas

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• All areas which are not categorized as Urban area are

considered as Rural Area

• Number of Rural Units (or Villages) in Rajasthan:

• Villages:

• Census 2001 41,353

• Census 2011 44,672 Increase: 3,319

During the decade 2001-11, 12,113,824 persons have been added in the state.

Among them, 82,47,423 in rural areas and the rest 38,66,401 in urban areas were added up.

2001 2011 Difference

Rajasthan 56,507,188 68,621,012 12,113,824

Rural 43,292,813 51,540,236 82,47,423

Urban 13,214,375 17,080,776 38,66,401

Population

Distribution of Population (in millions) by Residence, 1901-2011 (Persons) : Rajasthan & Districts

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Population by Rural Urban Residence –Rajasthan - 2011

• Total : 68,621,012

• Rural: 51,540,236

• Urban: 17,080,776

Persons:

• Total : 100.0 %

• Rural: 75.11 %

• Urban: 24.89 %

Rural Urban Distribution Persons (in %):

Source: Census 2011 – Provisional Population Totals - India

URBAN POPULATION BY DISTRICT

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TOP THREE DISTRICTS

Absolute Share to total urban population of state

Jaipur 3,499,204 20.49

Jodhpur 1,264,060 7.40

Kota 1,176,205 6.89

BOTTOM THREE DISTRICTS

Pratapgarh 71,728 0.42

Dungarpur 88,777 0.52

Jaisalmer 89,210 0.52

RURAL POPULATION BY DISTRICT

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TOP THREE DISTRICTS

Absolute Share to total rural population of state

Jaipur 31,64,767 6.14 Alwar 30,17,711 5.86 Nagaur 26,74,804 5.19

BOTTOM THREE DISTRICTS

Jaisalmer 5,82,798 1.13 Kota 7,74,286 1.50 Pratapgarh 7,96,503 1.55

Overall Growth rate has declined by nearly 7 percent points.

The decline in growth rate by percent point is higher in rural areas than in urban areas.

1991-2001 2001-2011 Difference

Rajasthan 28.41 21.44 -6.97

Rural 27.56 19.05 -8.51

Urban 31.26 29.26 -2.0

Growth Rate of Population (in %)

GROWTH RATE BY DISTRICT (RURAL-URBAN) - Top Three Districts

Top Three Districts

RURAL URBAN

District Growth rate District Growth rate

Jaisalmer 34.95 Alwar 50.43

Barmer 33.12 Dausa 49.24

Banswara 27.19 Baran 47.91

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GROWTH RATE BY DISTRICT (RURAL-URBAN) - Bottom Three Districts

Bottom Three Districts

RURAL URBAN

District Growth rate District Growth rate

Kota 6.05 Dungarpur 9.80

Ganganagar 7.32 Pratapgarh 14.72

Jhunjhunun 8.62 Hanumangarh 15.56

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Gender Composition -Sex Ratio

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Overall improvement in Sex-ratio by 5 percent points.

Sex-ratio in urban areas has improved at faster pace than rural areas.

2001 2011 Difference

Overall

Rajasthan 921 926 +5

Rural 930 932 +2

Urban 890 911 +21

Sex Ratio

SEX RATIO BY DISTRICT (RURAL-URBAN) - Top Three Districts

Top three districts

RURAL URBAN

District Sex Ratio District Sex Ratio

Pali 1003 Tonk 982

Rajsamand 997 Pratapgarh 962

Dungarpur 993 Banswara 956

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SEX RATIO BY DISTRICT (RURAL-URBAN) - Bottom Three Districts

Bottom three districts

RURAL URBAN

District Sex ratio District Sex ratio

Dhaulpur 841 Jaisalmer 799

Karauli 854 Dhaulpur 863

Jaisalmer 858 Alwar 871

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Child Population &(0-6 yrs) - Sex Ratio

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Child Population ( 0 – 6 years)

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The decline is much higher in rural areas (by 28 percent ) then in rural areas.

2001 2011 Difference

0-6 years

Rajasthan 909 883 -26

Rural 914 886 -28

Urban 887 869 -18

Sex Ratio ( 0 – 6 years)

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Status of Literacy

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Increase in Literacy rate in rural areas is higher than urban area.

The gap in rural-urban literacy rates has narrowed down 20.86 percentage point in 2001 to 18.39 percentage point in 2011.

2001 2011 Difference

Overall

Rajasthan 60.41 67.06 +6.65

Rural 55.34 62.34 +7.00

Urban 76.20 80.73 +4.53

Literacy Rates (in %)

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Literacy rate by residence and urban-rural gap in literacy rate Rajasthan, 1961-2011

Prior to 1981 Census literacy rate was calculated by excluding 0-4 years population.

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Urban-rural gap in literacy rate

LITERACY BY DISTRICT (RURAL-URBAN) - Top Three Districts

LITERACY BY DISTRICT (RURAL-URBAN) - Bottom Three Districts

2001 2011 Difference

Males

Rajasthan 75.70 80.51 + 4.81

Rural 72.16 77.49 + 5.33

Urban 86.45 89.16 + 2.71

Females

Rajasthan 43.85 52.66 + 8.81

Rural 37.33 46.25 + 8.92

Urban 64.67 71.53 + 6.86

Literacy Rate (in %)

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Improvement in female literacy is more than males in both rural and urban areas by percentage point.

The gender gap in literacy has come down from 34.83 in 2001 to 31.24 in 2011 in rural areas and from 21.78 in 2001 to 17.63 in 2011 in urban areas.

Source: Census 2011 – Provisional Population Totals - India

Literacy Rate (in %)

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