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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Child population down in rural Rajasthan

Child population down in rural Rajasthan

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published Published on Mar 29, 2012   modified Modified on Mar 29, 2012
-The Times of India

The provisional population figures up to the tehsil-level released by the directorate ofcensus operations, Rajasthan, on Wednesday showed an overall decrease in the child population in the 0 to 6 years age group and a clear divide on the social issue between rural and urban areas. 

The child population of both the boys and the girls in rural areas has decreased between 2001 and 2011, while the same for both sexes in the urban areas has increased. The total child population for 0-6 years age group for the state has declined at the rate of -1.37, even as the male population increased at the rate of 0.01. The rural areas - generally associated with low literacy rates and rampant social evils like female foeticide -recorded a decline rate of -4.70 for girls and -1.67 for boys from 2001 to 2011. 

In urban areas, too, the growth in child population has hardly been encouraging. Against a growth rate of 6.91 for boys, the growth rate for girls in urban areas was recorded at 4.73. 

The tehsil-level provisional population figures and the final figures for house-listing and housing census were released by the census department of India's joint registrar Preeti Shreevastava. 

"The earlier figures released in April 2011 were provisional figures up to the district level. We will be releasing the final population figures soon," Shreevastava told reporters at a press conference. 

Surprisingly, Jaisalmer tehsil has figured among the top performers with regard to improvement in the child sex ratio. The worst performers have been Dausa, Peeplu and Buhana tehsils. The absolute child sex ratio has been highest in Kotra (962), Jhadol (951) and Seemalwara (950) tehsils, while the lowest has been in Buhana (763), Behror (785) and Kotkasim (817) tehsils. 

"Not a single tehsil has touched the figure of 1000 in girl child population in the 0 to 6 years age group," said deputy director H C Sharma. He added, "A maximum number of tehsils (135) have recorded between 850 and 899 sex ratio for the 0 to 6 years age group." 

As per the provisional figures released on Wednesday, 63 tehsils in Rajasthan were completely rural. "These 63 tehsils have no urban population and exist in Sriganganagar, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Sirohi and Jhalawar districts," Sharma said. 

The decadal growth of rural population has been maximum in the western Rajasthan. Six districts have recorded negative urban growth in population at the tehsil level. 

The Times of India, 29 March, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Child-population-down-in-rural-Rajasthan/articleshow/12447944.cms


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