Comprehensive Stats Punjab Census 2011

Comprehensive Stats Punjab Census 2011.

-Total Population 2,77,43,338 .
-The decadal change i.e. increase in population from 2001 to 2011 is 13.89%.
- The decadal growth rate is
lowest since 1961.
- 2001 Population Punjab  2,43,58,999.

2011 CENSUS
-Male population 1,46,34,819
-Female population is 1,30,69,417.
-male/female ratio  895 which is much lower than the national ratio of 940.

Literacy Rate of Punjab.

-literacy rate  75.84% which is better than the national average of 73.0%.
-The male literacy rate is
80.4% and female literacy rate is 70.7%.
-The male literacy rate is slightly less than national average of 80.9%.
- But the female literacy rate in Punjab is better than that of India.
-The female literacy rate in India is 64.6%.

Population Density Punjab.

-Punjab is one of the most densely populated states of India.
- The population density is 551, which is higher as compared to
all India average of 382.
-Amongst all the districts of Punjab:-
-Ludhiana has the highest population density of 978, followed by Amritsar with population density of 928.

Rural Vs Urban Population

-In Punjab, majority of people live in rural areas.
- Urban population  37.5%
- Rural population is 62.5%
- Total rural population 1.73 crore
- Total urban population 1.04 crore.
-The decadal change from 2001 figures for urban population is 25.9% whereas the rural population has increased only 7.8%.

Sex ratio in Punjab.

-The low sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males) in Punjab has always been a matter of concern.
- The total number of females per 1000 males is 895 in 2011.
-It is 907 is rural population and 875 in urban population.
- The corresponding figures in 2001 were - 876 (Total), 890 (Rural), 849 (Urban).
-Sex ratio in Punjab in the age group of 0 to 6 years is just
846, which will create a serious social problem in the coming times.
-The value is 844 is the rural people and 852 in the urban people.