Socio-Economic Census 2011

1. First Economic census since 1934
2. Relesed by R.ARUN JAITELY
3. National stastical commission chairman — pronab sen

Important points

• 1 IN 3 Rural household are landless
• Total housholds–24.39 crores
• Rural poverty level–25.7%
• census–640 districts covered
• Rural households–17.91 crores
• Deprived household–10.69 crores
• without a salaried jobs–90.3%
• Landless house holds –56%

Parameters considered

• Source of income
• Literacy/education
• Water supply
• power supply
• employement
• women /quality of living
• Households

HIGHLIGHTS

• Women population–48%
• Transgender–0.1%
• Unmarried–41.6%
• Currently married –40%
• Divorced–3.5%
• 5 Members average household size among 12.8% out of them are headed by women
• Illerate –36%
• Literate –64%
• Crossed higher secondary–5.4%
• graduated form colleage –3.4%

State performance

• Highest illterate state — Rajasthan –47.6%
• Lowest  illterate state — Lakshdweep — 9.3% , Kerala — 11.4%
• DELHI best state for completed graduate — 9.6%
• Highest widow population — puducherry –6% Followed by kerala — 5.5 %

WATER/POWER

• 50 lakh household are not aware of drinking water facility
• 20 laksh housholds having no electricity facility

LABOUR

• Manual labour -51%
• 90% of housholds with out salaried jobs
• 35 Lakhs with no household incomes
• 43000 House hold incomes –beggining stage