SRINAGAR, Jammu & Kashmir is well on path of achieving 100 percent literacy rate as the figures in respect of literacy for Census 2011 have shown an increase of more than 13 percent over the census of 2001. The same has jumped to 68.74 percent from 55 percent from the last census.

Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir

The steep rise in the population of Bangalore district has seen it top the population growth rate in the country. The Bangalore urban district has grown three times faster than the population of the state as a whole.

Bangalore district

LUCKNOW: Exponential industrial growth and proximity to New Delhi appear to be two major reasons for Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad emerging as UP's two most sought-after districts.

According to the provisional population totals of Uttar Pradesh released by the Directorate of Census Operations in UP on Tuesday, both the districts have shown the largest percentage decadal growth in population t

LUCKNOW: After gaining 12 healthy points since the 2001 Census, the literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh moved closer to the national average of 74.04%.

Clearly, gender bias can

Calcutta, April 5: The rate of population growth in nine Bengal districts that share their borders with Bangladesh has come down in the past decade, a trend mainly attributed to an expansion in barbed-wire fencing and tighter vigil on illegal immigrants.

The provisional data released by the Directorate of Census Operations in Calcutta show a decline in the population growth rate in these distri

North 24-Parganas has emerged as the second most densely populated district in the country with a population of 1,00,82,852 followed by Thane in Maharashtra, according to the 2011 Census report.

The statistical figures regarding population, literacy rates, sex ratio in West Bengal ~ released at Writers' Buildings today by the state

The story of national shame continues for the second decade in a row for Haryana. Provisional census figures for 2011 show that two districts of the state - Jhajjar and Mahendergarh - have the lowest child sex ratio in the country.

In Haryana, there are 18.02 lakh boys between 0 and 6 years of age.

JAIPUR: The provisional data of Census 2011 for the state shows the districts of Churu and Barmer with negative growth in literacy. While Churu's literacy rate has fallen from 67.59% to 67.46%, Barmer reported a much higher drop from 58.99% to 57.49%.

Director, Census Operations, Rajasthan Shubra Singh pointed out that in the Census 2001, none of the districts had reported negative growth.