The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Bihar has achieved a spectacular rise of female literacy by 107.15 per cent, ranking only next to Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the country. The overall growth rate of literacy in the State is 74.83 per cent.
AHMEDABAD: While sex ratio in India has dipped to a historic low of 914 girls per 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age-group, numbers in Gujarat have a happy story to tell. The ratio in Gujarat has marginally improved from 883 to 886, according to 2011 census report. Gujarat is one …
Over the last 10 years, Maharashtra has improved its literacy rate and sex ratio though the child sex ratio has taken a steep fall during the same period, pointing a finger at disappearing girls in the state. The population growth rate has reduced from 22.73 per cent to 15.99 per …
RTE law results in enrollment of 19 crore children in schools The implementation of the law guaranteeing free and compulsory education has resulted in enrollment of over 19 crore children in schools at primary and upper primary levels during 2009-10. However, over 81.50 lakh children were still out of school …
Child Sex Ratio Worse In Prosperous, More Educated States: Census 2011 With the provisional figures for the 2011 Census sounding an alarm over the falling child sex ratio, it
Bihar might still figure among the lowest-literacy states in India, but it has surprised everyone by posting the second-highest decadal growth in female literacy rates in the country. The number of literate women in the state more than doubled from 10,4,65,201 in 2001 to 21,6,78,279 in 2011-- a 107 per …
With a total headcount of 68,56,509, the latest Census reveals an appreciable decline in the decadal growth rate and a marked improvement in the key indicators like literacy and female sex ratio in the hill state. The decadal (2001-2011) growth rate came down to 12.81 from 17.54 (1991-2001), which was …
Even as India celebrates an impressive jump in the literacy figures in the past decade, a staggering eight million children are still out of school. Worse, 21 per cent of the teachers at the primary level are without adequate qualification and as many as 9 per cent schools have only …
The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011 according to Census 2011, the 15th Census of India since 1872. It also states that 2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 1911-1921) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous …
12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2017-18) – NASSCOM Inputs. NASSCOM approach was to review of strategy challenges identified in line with their understanding of issues and imperatives. Each of these were deliberated in detail to identify, include and review any other challenge which was missing. http://12thplan.gov.in/stakeholder_sugg.php
Though Mid-day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is being executed successfully in the Almora district, but more than 1,000 primary schools do not have kitchen and potable water facilities in the district. This information was provided by Almora Additional District Education Officer (Basic) RC Purohit while talking to The Pioneer on Thursday. …
JAIPUR: The population of Rajasthan has grown by 21.44% in the last decade and currently stands at 68,621,012. The number of males in the state stands at 35,620,086 while that of females is 33,000,926. According to the provisional results of the Census 2011 released on Thursday, the state has recorded …
