Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday flagged the importance of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) terming it a core programme to universalize health care facilities for women and children. Expressing satisfaction over the performance registered under NRHM in the State during last couple of years, the Chief Minister said …
GANDHINAGAR: The state's population has reached 6.04 crore in 2011, experiencing an overall decadal growth of 19.17 per cent. Gujarat has also experienced a 35.83 per cent growth in urban population between 2001 and 2011, as compared to rural areas' 9.23 per cent, which could prove to be a major …
Itanagar: Seventy seven per cent of total population in Arunachal Pradesh lives in rural areas, according to the 2011 provisional population report which was released here on Tuesday. As per data out of total 13,82,611 current population of the state 10,69,165 lives in rural areas while 3,13,446 lives in urban …
The World Intellectual Property Organization has announced clearly that it intends to play a role—and considering the clout WIPO enjoys it implies a significant part—in promoting intellectual property (IP) in agriculture to enhance productivity. The UN body stepped into this touchy arena with a seminar at its Geneva headquarters that …
GUWAHATI, July 27 – The Census of India-2011 Provisional Population Totals (Rural-Urban Distribution Assam) which was released on Monday has recorded a decadal urbanisation growth of 27.61, which is much lower than the corresponding figure of 38.24 per cent of the previous decade. The urban population of Assam now stands …
Increasing population, mainly due to migration, is putting significant strain on the civic amenities in the city and adversely affecting the environment of Pune. Additional municipal commissioner Naresh Zurmure, who prepared the Environment Status Report (ESR) of Pune for 2010-11, was speaking to reporters after presenting it before the Pune …
Srinagar: The state government has urged the Centre to cover the entire rural population and 90 per cent of the urban population under the proposed National Food Security Bill. Minister for Consumer Affairs, Public Distribution and Transport Qamar Ali Akhoon made this plea at a conference chaired by Union Minister …
KOCHI: With 11 municipalities and a municipal corporation, Ernakulam tops the list of the most urbanised districts in Kerala with 68.07 percent of its residents living in urban areas, according to Census 2011 findings. Of the total population of 32,79,860 in the coastal district, 22,32,564 live in urban areas, according …
The rural population of the state has dropped to 66.51 per cent in 2011 census compared with the 72.7 per cent in 2001 census. On the contrary, the proportion of urban population in the state increased from 27.30 to 33.49 per cent, according to the latest district-wise rural and urban …
Experts differ on why and on what this means; want data on migration, development parameters. More of the countryside is turning into towns and more village folk are moving to cities. The tempo of urbanisation has picked up to a three-decade high, say demographers on the 2011 census data on …
Urbanisation was the most significant between 1991 and 2001: data Nearly half the population of Tamil Nadu live in urban areas, as the State continues to maintain its status as one of the country's most urbanised ones. Provisional data released by the Census Directorate based on the 2011 headcount shows …
The preliminary report on the 5th Population and Housing Census, 2011 has been revealed on Saturday. The 5th census was held on March 15-19 this year across the country. The report revealed that the population of Bangladesh now stands at 14, 23,19,000 and of the total population, 7,12,55,000 are male …
The population of Bangladesh now stands at 14, 23,19,000, according to the preliminary report on Population and Housing Census, 2011 revealed on Saturday. The 5th census was held on March 15-19 this year across the country. The report revealed that of the total population, 7,12,55,000 are male while 7,10,64,000 are …
The country's population now stands at 14.23 crore, which is 1.8 crore more than a decade ago. The annual growth rate is 1.34 percent, according to preliminary findings of the Population and Housing Census 2011. The number of people living in every square kilometre is 964, compared to 834 in …
The population of Bangladesh now stands at 14, 23,19,000, according to the preliminary report on Population and Housing Census, 2011 revealed on Saturday. The 5th census was held on March 15-19 this year across the country. The report revealed that of the total population, 7,12,55,000 are male while 7,10,64,000 are …
Census 2011: Rapid urbanisation sees dip in numbers since the last headcount Of the 6.11 crore population in Karnataka, 61.43 per cent live in rural areas, but their number has drastically declined since the last Census, giving an indication of the increased preference of the people to shift to cities. …
Affirming the trend of migration of people from villages to big cities and towns, the provisional figures of Census 2011 reveal that for the first time, India has added more people in urban centres than in rural areas over a decade. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people living …
The preliminary report on the country's 5th Population and Housing Census, 2011 conducted on March 15-19 will be released on Saturday. "The preliminary report will reveal population of the country at national level and also at district level," said Statistics Division Secretary Riti Ibrahim while talking to UNB over phone. …
The grievance redressal mechanism proposed in the draft food security bill could be used for lodging complaints and also monitoring of schemes of similar nature both run by the Centre or the state. The draft bill proposes creation of a multi-layer grievance redressal mechanism comprising of a district grievance redressal …
