SELECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS (2000-2001)

Sl. No.	Item of information	Reference Period and data
1.	Population (lakhs)	1951		1991**	2001*
	Total	3610.9		8463.9	10270.3
	Male	1855.3		4393.3	5312.8
	Female	1755.6		4070.5	4957.4
2.	Decennial growth rate (%)	1941-1951		1981-1991	1991-2001
		13.31		23.86(a)	21.34
3.	Annual Growth rate (%)	1982		1991	2001
		2.17		1.84	1.55
4.	Sex Ratio (females per thousand males)	1951		1991(a)	2001
		946		927	933
5.	Area in 1000 square Kms. @	1991			2001
		3287.3			3287.3
6.	Density of Population (per sq. Kms.)	1951		1991(a)	2001
		117		273	324
7.	Percentage of urban to total population	1951		1991	2001
		17.29		25.71	27.80
8.	No. of districts ( As on 31^st March )	1981		1991	2001
		412		466	593
9.	No. of towns	1961		1991#	2001
		2647		4615	5161
10.	No.of development blocks ( As on 31^st March )	1980-1981		1999	2001
		5011		5488	5564
11.	No. of villages(inhabited)			1981	1991
				557137(b)	580781
12.	Age distribution of population (%)	1971		1981	1991
	0-14	42.0		39.6	37.8
	15-59	52.0		53.9	55.5
	60 +	6.0		6.5	6.7
13.	Percentage of S.C. / S.T. to total Population	1961		1981	1991
	Schedule caste	14.67		15.75	16.48 #
	Schedule Tribe	6.86		7.76	8.08 #
14.	Literacy rate (%)	1951	1991		2001
	Persons	18.33	52.20		65.49
	Male	27.16	64.13		75.96
	Female	8.86	39.28		54.28
15.	Population below poverty line (%)	1973-1974	1993-1994		1999-2000
	Combined	54.9	36.0		26.1
	Rural	56.4	37.3		27.1
	Urban	49.0	32.4		23.6
16.	Crude Birth rate (SRS) per thousand	1941-1951	1991		2000
		39.9	29.5#		25.8
17.	Crude Death Rate(SRS) per thousand	27.4	9.8#		8.5
18.	Natural Growth Rate (SRS) per thousand	12.5	19.7#		17.3
19.	Infant Mortality Rate (SRS)	1946-1950	1991		2000
	No. of deaths per thousand live births	134	80#		68
20.	General Fertility Rate (SRS)	1981		1990	1999
	Rural	149.4		132.6	112.8
	Urban	107.2		96.1	77.6
	Total	140.9		123.9	103.2
21.	Total Fertility Rate (SRS)	1981		1990	1999
	Rural	4.8		4.1	3.5
	Urban	3.3		2.8	2.3
	Total	4.5		3.8	3.2
22.	Expectation of life at birth (years)	1947	1986-1991		2001-2006
	Persons	31.7	58.6		64.8
	Male	32.0	58.1		64.1
	Female	31.4	59.1		65.8
23.	No. of medical colleges	1950-1951	1991-1992		2000-2001
		30	146##		189
24.	No. of dental colleges	1950-51	1991-1992		1997-1998
	BDS	4	57		100
	MDS	+	23		37
25.	No. of colleges of ISM & H	1.4.1997	1.4.1999		1.4.2001
	Ayurved	144	167		196
	Unani	31	37		39
	Siddha	2	2		2
	Homoeopathy	118	116		166
26.	No. of Hospitals (as on 1^st January)	1952	1982		2001
		2694	6804		15622
27.	No. of beds (all types) (as on 1^st January)	117178	569495		903952
28.	Beds per lakh population	32	83		88
29.	No. of sub-centres (as on 31^st March)	1967	1991		2001
		17521	130984		137311
30.	No. of Primary Health Centres (as on 31^st March)	4793	20139		22842
31.	No. of Community Health Centres (as on 31^st March)	-	2070		3043
32.	No. of allopathic Doctors registered with Medical Council of India (00) ( As on 31^st December )	1951	1991		2001
		618	3936		5756
33.	No. of Doctors per lakh population	17	47		56
		1951	1991		2000
34.	No. of Dentist registered with Dental Council of India (As on 31^st December)	3290	10751		39105
		1951	1991		2000
35.	No. of Dentist per million population	9	13		39
36.	No. of Registered general nursing midwifery with Nursing Council of India	1951	1991		2000
	(As on 31^st December)	16550	340208		776355
37.	Gross National Product (Rs. In crores)	1950-1951	1990-1991		2000-2001
	At current prices	9506	503409		1876429§
	At 1993-94 prices	139912	683670		1181483§
38.	Per capita Net national Product (Rs.)	1950-51	1990-91		1998-99
	At current prices	254.7	5365.3		16486.6§
	At 1993-94 prices	3687.1	7320.7		10254.3§
39.	Plan Outlay (Rs. In crores)	1951-56 (Ist Plan)	1992-97 (VIIIth Plan)		1997 –2002 (IX Plan)
	Total	65.3	14102.20		35204.95
	Health	65.2	7494.20		19818.40
	Family Welfare	0.1	6500.00		15120.20
	ISM&H	-	108.00		266.35
40.	Per capita expenditure on health & Family Welfare & Water supply & sanitation (Rs.)		1985-1986		1989-1990
			55.06		83.03

* - provisional

** - includes projected population of J & K, where 1991 census could not be held

# - excludes J & K, where 1991 census could not be held

## - includes unrecognised medical colleges

+ - not available

(a) - Assam and J & K population are not taken into consideration

(b) - exclude Assam where 1981 census could not be held due to disturbed condition

§ - Quick Estimates and at 1993-1994 prices

$ - Excludes Nagaland (Rural) and J&K due to Part receipt of returns.

SRS - Sample Registration System of Registrar General of India

@ - Including area under illegal occupation of China & Pakistan

2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
15622	15622	15622	15622	15622
903952	903952	903952	903952	903952
88	88	88	88	88

2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
15622	15622	15622	15622	15622
903952	903952	903952	903952	903952
88	88	88	88	88

2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
15622	15622	15622	15622	15622
903952	903952	903952	903952	903952
88	88	88	88	88

2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
15622	15622	15622	15622	15622
903952	903952	903952	903952	903952
88	88	88	88	88

2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
15622	15622	15622	15622	15622
903952	903952	903952	903952	903952
88	88	88	88	88

2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
15622	15622	15622	15622	15622
903952	903952	903952	903952	903952
88	88	88	88	88