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Agartala, Sep 13, 2011 : Tripura’s current population stands at 36, 71,032, having registered a growth of 9.12 percent in urban population in 2011 compared with the preceding 2001 when the urban population stood at 17.06 percent.
Releasing the census data of rural and urban population in the directorate of census department here, director Dilip Kumar Acharjee said, “the rural population went down to 73.82 percent in 2011, which was earlier 82.94 percent”.
“The growth of urban population was highest in south district with 127.17 percent followed by remote Dhalai district with 114.53 percent in 2011”, he added.
“In child population, the rural covers 13.08 percent while the urban shows 9.32 percent”, Acharjee said.
Apart from this, the sex ratio of the state have increased from 948 (no. of females per 1000 males) in 2001 to 961 in the just concluded census while the national figure stands at 945.
On child sex ratio, the director said, “rural went down to 955 in 2011 which was 968 in 2001. Similarly, the urban showed a decadal reduction with 945 in 2011 that was touched 948 in 2001”.
Successful implementation of the literacy programmes like ‘Sarva Shiksha’ has helped the state achieve an overall literacy rate of 87.75 percent where rural population stands at 85.58 percent and urban marks 93.61 percent.
“The percentages of literacy in both rural and urban population in the state have risen compared with the last decade. The highest literacy rate in rural areas is reported in north district while the highest rate in urban area is reported in dhalai district”, he added.
He described that the literacy rate as a major success because in the 2001 census overall literacy of only 73.19% had been recorded.
On the pertinent question of caste census, he said, “process is going on as there would be four categories including scheduled tribe, scheduled caste, others and no caste”.
The caste census would be conducted simultaneously with the socio-economic survey to determine the number of people living below poverty line.
Among others deputy director Prabhakar Barat and assistant director Aparesh Chowdhury also remained present.
Agartala, Sep 13, 2011 : Tripura’s current population stands at 36, 71,032, having registered a growth of 9.12 percent in urban population in 2011 compared with the preceding 2001 when the urban population stood at 17.06 percent.
Releasing the census data of rural and urban population in the directorate of census department here, director Dilip Kumar Acharjee said, “the rural population went down to 73.82 percent in 2011, which was earlier 82.94 percent”.
“The growth of urban population was highest in south district with 127.17 percent followed by remote Dhalai district with 114.53 percent in 2011”, he added.
“In child population, the rural covers 13.08 percent while the urban shows 9.32 percent”, Acharjee said.
Apart from this, the sex ratio of the state have increased from 948 (no. of females per 1000 males) in 2001 to 961 in the just concluded census while the national figure stands at 945.
On child sex ratio, the director said, “rural went down to 955 in 2011 which was 968 in 2001. Similarly, the urban showed a decadal reduction with 945 in 2011 that was touched 948 in 2001”.
Successful implementation of the literacy programmes like ‘Sarva Shiksha’ has helped the state achieve an overall literacy rate of 87.75 percent where rural population stands at 85.58 percent and urban marks 93.61 percent.
“The percentages of literacy in both rural and urban population in the state have risen compared with the last decade. The highest literacy rate in rural areas is reported in north district while the highest rate in urban area is reported in dhalai district”, he added.
He described that the literacy rate as a major success because in the 2001 census overall literacy of only 73.19% had been recorded.
On the pertinent question of caste census, he said, “process is going on as there would be four categories including scheduled tribe, scheduled caste, others and no caste”.
The caste census would be conducted simultaneously with the socio-economic survey to determine the number of people living below poverty line.
Among others deputy director Prabhakar Barat and assistant director Aparesh Chowdhury also remained present.
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