Child Sex Ratio Worse In Prosperous, More Educated States: Census 2011 With the provisional figures for the 2011 Census sounding an alarm over the falling child sex ratio, it
Bihar might still figure among the lowest-literacy states in India, but it has surprised everyone by posting the second-highest decadal growth in female literacy rates in the country. The number of literate women in the state more than doubled from 10,4,65,201 in 2001 to 21,6,78,279 in 2011-- a 107 per …
JAIPUR: The population of Rajasthan has grown by 21.44% in the last decade and currently stands at 68,621,012. The number of males in the state stands at 35,620,086 while that of females is 33,000,926. According to the provisional results of the Census 2011 released on Thursday, the state has recorded …
AHMEDABAD: The state's literacy rate saw a 10.17% growth. However, the bad news is that Gujarat's standing in the national scenario dropped by two ranks to 18. The provisional census data released on Thursday revealed that in the state there were 79.31% literates in the state, which is higher than …
The celebrations unfolding about 16% increase in tiger numbers (to 1,706) across the country deserve a closer look. To demand such scrutiny is not to deny the essential fact that the central government and some of the states have taken important steps to conserve tigers after the debacles of 2004-2006. …
Nagaland appeared to have sprung a surprise by registering a negative population growth - minus 0.47 per cent , implying its population has decreased since last count. This was, however, easily explained from the fact that the base figure was unreliable. Nagaland had already rejected Census 2001, with the state …
For the first time ever, the number of people made literate in India is more than the number added to its population. Consequently, there has been a net decline of over 31 million in the total number of illiterates in the country. That is one of many heartening figures that …
The child sex ratio has dropped to a new low, 914 girls per 1,000 boys from 927 in 2001, and activists in the area say this is because states have been dragging their feet on the implementation of the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act. Sabu George, who in 2000 …
Census 2011 counted five million children fewer than Census 2001. The drop in the 0-6 age group from 163.8 million to 158.8 million marks a negative growth of 3.08 per cent, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C Chandramouli said while releasing the report. The number of boys has …
KOCHI: For every 100 men, there are 109 women in Kerala, one of the few places in the world where women outnumber men with such a wide margin. According to Census 2011, whose provisional figures were released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India in New Delhi on …
