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 …
JAIPUR: After making it to the hall of shame with one of the lowest child sex ratio in the country, the Census data for the district and sub-districts is likely to be disclosed on Monday. These figures while presenting a nuanced picture of the state will also help in identifying …
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 …
Chennai city has three lakh more people living in it now than it had in 2001. The growth of population in the past decade has been at a rate of 7.8 pc, remarkably lower than the anticipated double digit growth, given the IT and hospitality sector boom in the corresponding …
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 …
Dramatic reverses in Ariyalur and Cuddalore Female literacy has improved in State CHENNAI: While the overall child sex ratio has improved in Tamil Nadu, the dip in the boy-girl ratio in at least 14 districts, including Chennai, provides the demographic downside in the provisional population figures of the 2011 Census …
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 …
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 …
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 …
AHMEDABAD: The state's literacy rate saw a 10.17% growth. However, the bad news is that Gujarat's standing in the national scenario dropped by two ranks to 18. The provisional census data released on Thursday revealed that in the state there were 79.31% literates in the state, which is higher than …
KOCHI: For every 100 men, there are 109 women in Kerala, one of the few places in the world where women outnumber men with such a wide margin. According to Census 2011, whose provisional figures were released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India in New Delhi on …
Minister Krishna Tirath stresses the need for proper implementation of women and child development schemes The lowest-ever child sex ratio of 914 overshadowed an increase in the overall sex ratio, which is now 940
Rise of 181 million in 10 years; decline in child sex ratio. India's population has jumped to 1.21 billion, an increase of more than 181 million during 2001-11, according to provisional data of Census 2011 released on Thursday. Though the population is almost equal to the combined population of the …
Beijing couples who give birth to a second child will now be charged fines only if both the mother is younger than 28 years and the second child is born within four years after the first Beijing, March 31: Beijing has become the second city in China after Shanghai to …
