RURAL URBAN DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION
Census of India 2011
• Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872
• Census 2011 was held in two phases:
• Houselisting & Housing Census
(April to September 2010)
• Population Enumeration
(9th to 28th February 2011)
• Reference Date: 0:00 Hours of 1st March 2011
• In Snow Bound areas the Population Enumeration
was conducted from 11th to 30th September 2010
• Reference Date: 0:00 Hours of 1st October
2010
Agenda
• Release of Provisional Population Totals - Rural Urban Distribution
• Launch of Census 2011 Dashboard
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.
Data Highlights - Census 2011
Population (in Crore)
2001 2011 Difference
India 102.9 121 18.1
Rural 74.3 83.3 9.0
Urban 28.6 37.7 9.1
• For the first time since Independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas that in rural areas
• Rural – Urban distribution: 68.84% & 31.16%
• Level of urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.16% in 2011 Census
• The proportion of rural population declined from 72.19% to 68.84%
Growth Rate of Population (in %)
1991-2001 2001-2011 Difference
India 21.5 17.6 -3.9
Rural 18.1 12.2 -5.9
Urban 31.5 31.8 +0.3
The slowing down of the overall growth rate of population is due to the sharp decline in the growth rate in rural areas, while the growth rate in urban areas remains almost the same.
Growth Rate of Population (in %)
1991-2001 2001-2011 Difference
EAG 25.0 20.9 -4.1
Rural 23.5 18.7 -4.8
Urban 31.6 29.9 -1.7
Non EAG 18.9 15.0 -3.9
Rural 13.2 5.7 -7.5
Urban 31.5 32.7 +1.2
Though the growth rate of population in rural areas of EAG States is nearly 3 times that in rural areas in non EAG States, it is for the first time that significant fall of growth rate is seen in the rural areas of EAG States
Sex Ratio
2001 2011 Difference
Overall
India 933 940 +7
Rural 946 947 +1
Urban 900 926 +26
0-6 years
India 927 914 -13
Rural 934 919 -15
Urban 906 902 -4
• The improvement in overall sex ratio is largely in urban areas
• Though the Urban Child sex ratio is far worse than in the rural areas, the fall in Child sex ratio in rural areas is around 4 times that in urban areas. In fact the decline is more gradual in urban areas.
• There is a decline of 8.9 million children in Rural areas, while in Urban areas has shown increase of 3.9 million.
Literacy Rates (in %)
2001 2011 Difference
Overall
India 64.8 74.0 +9.2
Rural 58.7 68.9 +10.2
Urban 79.9 85.0 +5.1
• The improvement in literacy rate in rural area is two times that in urban areas
• The rural urban literacy gap which was 21.2 percentage points in 2001, has come down to 16.1 percentage points in 2011
2001 2011 Difference
Males
India 75.3 82.1 +6.8
Rural 70.7 78.6 +7.9
Urban 86.3 89.7 +3.4
Females
India 53.7 65.5 +11.8
Rural 46.1 58.8 +12.7
Urban 72.9 79.9 +7.0
• Improvement in female literacy is more than males in both rural and urban areas
• The gender gap in literacy has come down from 24.6 in 2001 to 19.8 in 2011 in rural areas and from 13.4 in 2001 to 9.8 in 2011 in urban areas
Definition
- Rural & Urban Areas
• 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 – India
• Towns:
• Census 2001 5,161
• Census 2011 7,935 Increase: 2,774
• Statutory Towns:
• Census 2001 3,799
• Census 2011 4,041 Increase: 242
• Census Towns:
• Census 2001 1,362
• Census 2011 3,894 Increase: 2,532
Rural Areas
• All areas which are not categorized as Urban area are considered as Rural Area
• Number of Rural Units (or Villages) in India:
• Villages:
• Census 2001 6,38,588
• Census 2011 6,40,867 Increase: 2,279
Indicators
• Population by Rural Urban Residence by sex
• Population (0 to 6 years) by Rural Urban Residence by sex
• Number of literates by Rural Urban Residence by sex
Derived from above:
• Sex ratio [Females per thousand males]
• Sex ratio (0-6) [Girls (0-6 yrs) per thousand boys]
• Literacy rate [Persons (7years and above) who can read and write with understanding]
Population by Rural
Urban Residence –
India - 2011
• Total : 1,210,193,422
• Rural: 833,087,662
• Urban: 377,105,760
Rural Urban Distribution Persons (in %):
• Total : 100.0 %
• Rural: 68.84 %
• Urban: 31.16 %
Population Highlights
• Out of the total of 1210.2 million population in India, the size of Rural population is 833.1 million (or 68.84% of the Total Population)
• Urban population 377.1 million (or 31.16%)
• During 2001 – 2011 the population of the country increased by 181.4 million
• Increase in Rural areas: 90.4 million
• Increase in Urban areas: 91.0 million
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