Srinagar: Even as a majority of the population of Jammu and Kashmir resides in villages, there is an increasing trend of urbanisation in the state, according to Census- 2011. The Director, Census Operations, Farooq Ahmad Factoo, released the details of the urban-rural population of the state here today. As per the data, the urban population has increased from 24.81 per cent in 2001 to 27.21 per cent in 2011. The total rural population of the state is 91.34 lakh and the urban population stands at 34.14 lakh. The population of the state is 1.25 crore. Srinagar with 12.34 lakh people tops the 22 districts in urban population. It also has the lowest number of rural population of 15,928. Jammu has the second highest urban population of 7.68 lakh followed by Anantnag with 2.48 lakh urban people. The largest rural population is found in Baramulla district with 8.4 lakh people living in villages followed by Anantnag district with 7.91 lakh and Kupwara with 7.76 lakh villagers. Ramban has the lowest urban population with 11,786 persons living in towns. Kargil has 12,753 people living in the urban areas. The sex ratio in the rural area has shown a fall from 917 in 2001 to 899 in 2011. However, the sex ratio in the urban areas has shown an increase from 819 in 2001 to 840 in 2011. The overall sex ratio in the state caused an alarm when it was revealed that the number had fallen from 892 to 883 in the last 10 years. According to the data, the child sex ratio at 859 per 1,000 males is well below the national average of 914. It is also below the child sex ratio recorded during the previous Census. Kargil with 978 and Leh with 944 have the highest child sex ratio. The districts with the lowest child sex ratio are Samba (787), Jammu (795) and Anantnag (832). The literacy rate in the state has increased from 55.52 per cent in 2001 to 68.74 per cent in 2011. Jammu district has the highest literacy rate of 83.98 per cent, followed by Samba with 81.08 per cent. Ramban with 56.90 per cent and Bandipora with 57.82 per cent are the districts with the least literacy rate.