POPULATION OF PRINCIPAL CITIES, 2001
|
|
Population (‘000s) |
Decennial Growth (%) |
Literacy rate (%) |
|
|
|
2001 |
1991-01 |
1981-91 |
2001 |
|
Agra |
1,321 |
39.3 |
26.9 |
73.5 |
|
Ahmedabad |
4,519 |
36.4 |
30.0 |
84.2 |
|
Allahabad |
1,050 |
24.3 |
30.0 |
82.3 |
|
Amritsar |
1,011 |
42.6 |
19.2 |
79.2 |
|
Asansol |
1,090 |
42.7 |
108.7 |
75.1 |
|
Bangalore |
5,687 |
37.7 |
41.3 |
85.7 |
|
Belgaum |
506 |
25.9 |
34.0 |
86.6 |
|
Bhopal |
1,455 |
36.9 |
58.4 |
80.2 |
|
Bhubaneshwar |
657 |
59.5 |
87.7 |
88.1 |
|
Chennai |
6,425 |
18.5 |
26.4 |
82.0 |
|
Coimbatore |
1,446 |
31.3 |
19.7 |
86.0 |
|
Cuttack |
587 |
33.4 |
34.6 |
83.2 |
|
Dehradun |
528 |
-48.5 |
250.2 |
85.3 |
|
Delhi |
12,791 |
51.9 |
47.0 |
82.1 |
|
Dhanbad |
1,064 |
-60.2 |
294.5 |
75.5 |
|
Faridabad (M.C.) |
1,055 |
-28.6 |
n.a. |
79.5 |
|
Greater Mumbai* |
16,368 |
7.9 |
n.a. |
87.4 |
|
Guwahati |
814 |
39.4 |
188.3 |
86.9 |
|
Gwalior |
866 |
20.6 |
29.1 |
80.6 |
|
Hyderabad |
5,534 |
27.4 |
70.6 |
78.5 |
|
Indore |
1,639 |
47.8 |
33.8 |
81.7 |
|
Jabalpur |
1,117 |
-57.8 |
250.1 |
85.1 |
|
Jaipur (M.C.) |
2,324 |
53.1 |
49.6 |
78.7 |
|
Jamshedpur |
1,102 |
32.9 |
23.7 |
82.8 |
|
Kalyan-Dombivili |
1,193 |
17.5 |
645.4 |
90.7 |
|
Kanpur |
2,690 |
32.5 |
23.9 |
81.8 |
|
Kochi |
1,355 |
18.8 |
38.1 |
94.4 |
|
Kolkata |
13,217 |
19.9 |
19.9 |
83.0 |
|
Lacknow |
2,267 |
35.8 |
65.6 |
71.0 |
|
Ludhiana (M.C.) |
1,395 |
33.7 |
71.8 |
76.5 |
|
Madurai |
1,195 |
10.0 |
19.6 |
87.8 |
|
Mangalore |
539 |
26.5 |
39.2 |
90.0 |
|
Meerut |
1,167 |
-66.2 |
542.1 |
69.5 |
|
Mysore |
786 |
20.4 |
36.3 |
83.9 |
|
Nagpur |
2,123 |
27.6 |
27.8 |
89.4 |
|
Nashik |
1,152 |
58.9 |
69.0 |
85.2 |
|
Patna |
1,707 |
55.2 |
19.7 |
80.4 |
|
Pune |
3,755 |
50.6 |
47.9 |
86.8 |
|
Rajkot |
1,002 |
-60.1 |
464.9 |
83.8 |
|
Ranchi |
863 |
40.3 |
22.3 |
85.3 |
|
Sirngar |
971 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
65.0 |
|
Surat |
2,811 |
85.1 |
66.2 |
83.4 |
|
Thiru’puram |
889 |
7.6 |
58.8 |
92.2 |
|
Vadodara |
1,492 |
32.4 |
51.3 |
87.2 |
|
Varanasi |
1,212 |
17.6 |
29.4 |
71.5 |
|
Vijayawada |
1,011 |
19.5 |
55.8 |
79.7 |
|
Vishakhapatnam |
1,329 |
25.7 |
75.0 |
71.1 |
* Includes Thane, Mumbai (Suburban) & Mumbai
Note: The table covers ‘Urban Agglomerations’, which in 1991 had a population of 400,000 and above, unless otherwise stated, namely, Municipal Corporation (MC), Municipal Council (M.C.L.), Municipal Board )M.B.), Municipality (M), Corporation (C), Notified Area (N.A.) and Administration (A). Decennial growth figures for 1981-91 are subject to slight changes.
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
(BY IMPORTANT CITIES)
|
|
1990-00 |
1993-94 |
1983-84 |
1973-74 |
|
% |
||||
|
Andhra Pradesh |
15.8 |
22.2 |
28.9 |
48.9 |
|
Assam |
36.1 |
40.9 |
40.0 |
51.2 |
|
Bihar |
42.6 |
55.0 |
62.2 |
61.9 |
|
Delhi |
8.2 |
14.7 |
26.2 |
49.6 |
|
Goa |
4.4 |
14.9 |
18.9 |
44.3 |
|
Gujarat |
14.1 |
24.2 |
32.8 |
48.2 |
|
Haryana |
8.7 |
25.1 |
21.4 |
35.4 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
7.6 |
28.4 |
16.4 |
26.4 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
3.5 |
25.2 |
24.2 |
40.8 |
|
Karnataka |
20.0 |
33.2 |
38.2 |
54.5 |
|
Kerala |
12.7 |
25.4 |
40.4 |
58.8 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
37.4 |
42.5 |
49.8 |
61.8 |
|
Maharashtra |
25.0 |
36.9 |
43.4 |
53.2 |
|
Manipur |
28.5 |
33.8 |
37.0 |
50.0 |
|
Nagaland |
32.7 |
37.9 |
39.3 |
50.8 |
|
Orissa |
47.2 |
48.6 |
65.3 |
66.2 |
|
Punjab |
6.2 |
11.8 |
16.2 |
28.2 |
|
Rajasthan |
15.3 |
27.4 |
34.5 |
46.1 |
|
Sikkim |
36.6 |
41.4 |
39.7 |
50.9 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
21.1 |
35.0 |
51.7 |
54.9 |
|
Tripura |
34.4 |
39.0 |
40.0 |
51.0 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
31.2 |
40.9 |
47.1 |
57.1 |
|
West Bengal |
27.1 |
35.7 |
54.9 |
63.4 |
|
All-India |
26.1 |
36.0 |
44.5 |
54.9 |
INDIA'S RANKING IN THE WORLD
(SELECTED INDICATORS)
|
World Total |
India | India's rank in the world | ||
|
General |
||||
| Area | (Mn.km2) | 133.9 | 3.3 | 7 |
| Population | (Mn) | 6,218 | 1,055 | 2 |
| Gross National Income | (US $ bn.) | 34,491 | 568 | 12 |
| Electricity generation | (Bn.kwh.) | 15,443 | 577 | 7 |
| Exports of goods | (US $ bn.) | 1,511 | 49.3 | 32 |
| Exports of services | (US $ bn.) | 24.6 | 19 | |
| Agriculture & allied | ||||
| Arable land* | (Mn.hectares) | 1,402 | 162 | 2 |
| Irrigated area | (Mn.hectares) | 273 | 55 | 2 |
| Tractors in use | (Mn.) | 26.9 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Production | ||||
| Rice (paddy) | (Mn.tonnes) | 576 | 117 | 2 |
| Wheat | (-) | 573 | 72 | 2 |
| Tobacco | (-) | 6.4 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Tea | (-) | 3.1 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Milk (Cow & buffalo) | (-) | 577.8 | 82.5 | 1 |
| Butter & ghee | (-) | 8.0 | 2.4 | 1 |
| Sugar† | (-) | 142.9 | 20.5 | 2 |
Note: Date generally relate to 1998 to 2002. Figures for India shown here are largely taken from
publications of the FAC and the World Bank.
* Including area under permanent crops.
† Centrifugal sugar expressed in raw value.
RURAL & URBAN POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE
|
|
2007† |
1999-00 |
1993-94 |
1987-88 |
1973-74 |
|
Number of poor (Mn.) |
|||||
|
Rural |
170.5 |
193.2 |
244.0 |
231.9 |
261.3 |
|
Urban |
49.6 |
67.1 |
76.3 |
75.2 |
60.0 |
|
Total |
220.1 |
260.3 |
320.3 |
307.1 |
321.3 |
|
|
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|
Poverty ratio (%) |
|||||
|
Rural |
21.1 |
27.1 |
37.3 |
39.1 |
56.4 |
|
Urban |
15.1 |
23.6 |
32.4 |
38.2 |
49.1 |
|
Total |
19.3 |
26.1 |
36.3 |
38.9 |
54.9 |
|
|
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* Upto 1993-94, revised data based on the Expert Group headed by Dr. D. Lakdawala,
Planning Commission, as accepted by the UF Government in 1997.
† Projection.
INDIA – some facts
The seventh largest country in the world covering an area of 32,87,263 square kilometers
Forest Area 6,75,539 sq.kms. or 20.55% of its geographical area
No. of Districts – 593
Population (2001 Census) – 1,027 million
Male – 531 million
Female – 496 million
Density – 324 persons per sq.km.
Sex Ratio – 933 females per 1000 males
Population Exponentional – 1093 % (1991-2001 figures)
Literacy Rate – 65.38 per thousand (2001)
Birth Rate – 25.0 per thousand (2001-02)
Death Rate – 801 per thousand (2001-02)
Life Expectancy at Birth – 65.4 years(2001-02)
Per Capita Income – Rs. 20,864 (2003-04)
There are 18 scheduled languages; Hindi is the official language.
89 National Parks and 490 Wildlife Sanctuaries cover 1,56,000 sq.km. area
Total No. of Newspapers / Magazines – 59,440 (Mar. ’03)