Half the country’s population may not have a toilet at home but it is not without a mobile phone. Bringing to light this feature of the population, Census 2011 data on houses, household amenities and assets released today said 49.8 per cent of households defecated in the open. But 63.2 …
Census sheds new light on changing nation Though half of all Indians do not have a toilet at home, well over half own a telephone, new census data released on Tuesday show. These and many other contrasting facts of life have come out in Census 2011. The data on housing, …
The first set of final data from census 2011 further establishes India’s story of contradictions: with 63.2 per cent households owning a telephone connection, up from a mere 9.1 per cent 10 years ago, the country is more wired than ever before. But despite all the talk of vikaas (development), …
The House Family size 6-8, number of members in a typical Indian family, going by the single largest segment. A quarter of all families (24.9%) have that many members, followed by families of 4 members (22.7%), 5 members (18.8%), 3 members (13.6%), 2 members (9.7%) and 9 or more members …
New Delhi: Drinking water is supposed to be one of India’s success stories — the government says it met its Millennium Development Goal on water five years ahead of time, and that its rural drinking water mission has reached every uncovered habitation. Yet Census 2011 data shows that 20% of …
JAIPUR: The population and size of slums and underdeveloped areas in Jaipur are swelling with increased migration of people from rural areas to urban. Presently, more than half of the city's population resides in urban areas. But 10 years ago, as per the 2001 Census, more than half of the …
The final figures of the first phase of Census 2011 known as Houselisting and Housing Census was released by Union Home Secretary, Shri R.K. Singh in New Delhi. As per the Houselisting and Housing Census 2011, the census houses increased from 25 cr to 33cr. There is an increase of …
Amid increasing pointers to a slowdown in the hinterland, the Government is planning to conduct its Sixth Economic Census in collaboration with states during the course of this year. The focus, for the first time ever, will be on gathering entrepreneurial data at village and ward level, especially for unorganised …
Rajasthan will soon accord the bio-diversity rich Jawai Bandh forests in Pali district the status of a conservation reserve. The rich forests and the water bodies along the Jawai dam in Sumerpur tehsil have a large presence of crocodiles. The wildlife census in 2011 had put their number at 288. …
The Delhi Government will work in the direction of zero tolerance to female foeticide and provide all opportunities to the girl child so that there is no ground to discriminate between a daughter and son, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday addressing a State level function on the occasion …
Ahmedabad: Two cities of Gujarat, both industrial hubs, top the list of cities with lowest sex ratio in India. Vapi, the industrial town in south Gujarat, has got the lowest sex ratio in the country with only 734 women per 1,000 men. Diamond city Surat is second with 754 women …
The Union government has cleared an external loan to finance part of the programme launched by the Ministry of Rural Development in left wing extremism-affected villages. The clearance is for a loan of $500 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to speed up construction of rural roads. Union Minister …
This report "Census of India 2011: Houses household amenities and assets" contains the Figures at a glance for National Capital Territory of Delhi. Provides the statistics data of both Rural and Urban Delhi.
The Census of India has recently published Provisional Population Totals, Paper - II of 2011: India, Volume-II. Based on this, TCPO has prepared a report which analyzes the pattern of urbanization, number of towns, state-wise and district-wise urban population. As at present, the data is available only for Class-I towns, …
Alarmed over the declining child sex ratio across the country, the Union government has set up a Sectoral Innovation Council to look into the entire gamut of issues connected with the sharp drop in the number of girls per thousand boys in the ages of 0-6. The council will identify …
A decision has been taken to start the work of sixth Economic Census in Madhya Pradesh in May-June, 2012. Besides, a separate list of industries has also been prepared to compile a directory of industries. Separate information will be incorporated in the list about the units employing eight or more …
Punjab is set to become the first state to opt for unique indigenously developed ultra sound tracking technology device called “silent observer” (SIOB) which will keep a tab on illegal sex determination. Ever since the recent Census report has highlighted that 1.36 lakh girls have “disappeared” during the last decade, …
Jamshedpur, Dec. 14: The state is ready for its first-ever agricultural census, which kicks off tomorrow. The census — to be carried out in three phases — will cover all revenue villages in the 24 districts of the state. Jharkhand, which failed to compile the data despite embarking on the …
The preparatory work for Census 2011 began around the end of 2008. The first step was to unambiguously establish and finalize geographical boundaries for all administrative entities, viz., town, wards, districts etc. This "Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals" is Paper 1 of 2011 by NCT of Delhi (Series …
Tamil Nadu, the most urbanised among the large States in India, has witnessed uneven urban growth. The recently released 2011 census data on urban agglomerations shows that, in the last decade, about half of the increase (about 7.4 million) in urban population has mostly occurred in four urban agglomerations: Chennai, …
