“Delhi despite being the Capital has one of the worst sex ratios of 866 females per 1,000 males according to 2011 census; the situation in the south-west district is one of the worst with the child sex ratio of 836 girls per 1,000 boys; and with low levels of awareness and nuclear families the aspiration and desire for male child is growing by each passing day,” said a release issued by Centre for Social Research.

No. Of People Below Poverty Line Dips To 24.8% From 34.4%

Jaipur: In Rajasthan, if you earn more than Rs 846 per month (Rs 28.20 per day) in urban areas and Rs 755 per month (Rs 25.16 per day) in rural areas, then you are not below poverty line. The data was released by the Planning Commission on Monday. This is a jump from Rs 568.15 per month (Rs 18.93 per day) in urban areas and Rs 478 per month (Rs 15.23 per day) in rural areas for 2004-05.

Opposition parties attacked the government today for the ‘obscenity’ of its poverty estimate figures.

Three or more couples sleep under one roof in around 1.37 lakh houses while more than nine people live together in a single house in over two lakh dwellings in the national capital.

These and other statistics are part of the 'Census of Houses, Household Amenities and Assets 2011' released recently by the government. According to official statistics, six to eight members live under one roof in 25.6 per cent of 33,40,538 households in the city while six per cent of the houses

BHUBANESWAR: At least 37 million people in Odisha defecate in the open! The just released Census 2011 for sanitation and water indicate it.

A latest data from the Census 2011 of Haryana, released by the Registrar General of India recently, presents a study in contrast.

Tamil Nadu's scorecard for the decade is well ahead of the national average

Tamil Nadu, acknowledged widely as one of the progressive States, has lived up to this image through its enhanced performance, over the last 10 years, in most of development parameters except sanitation.

MUMBAI: Call it a fitting paradox of life in the country's financial capital. Over 94% of Mumbai's homes own telephones, but merely 55% of suburban households have toilets.

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 per cent households owned a telephone connection, 53.2 per cent of them a mobile.

According to the Census 2011 data on houses, household amenities and assets released on Tuesday, Delhi’s population growth slowed down between 2001 and 2011, as compared to the previous decade.