In a disturbing trend, Jammu and Kashmir has shown a decline in the child sex ratio in 2011 Census, the figures of which would be released soon. The overall sex ratio has also gone down. While the population has been pegged at more than 1.25 crore, indicating a decadal growth of more than 23 per cent, the Literacy rate has shown encouraging trends. The area of grave concern for the state would...

Records second lowest Literacy rate in the country The sex ratio in Arunachal Pradesh has improved to 920 females per 1000 males, up from 893 a decade ago, as per the provisional census report of 2011. The lowest sex ratio is in Tawang where the number of females was only 701 against 1,000 males though for the 0—6 years age group the number is 1,005. The provisional report, released here on Tuesday, put...

The district that lost the highest number of people to militancy in Jammu and Kashmir appears to be making up for the loss through a baby boom. The provisional findings of the 2011 census show that Kupwara has the highest proportion of children aged up to six years among all the 627 districts in the country. The figures reveal that 22.5 per cent of Kupwara’s population is six years old or less...

India’s population of 1.2 billion, according to the 2011 decennial census, is growing at the century’s slowest rate of 17.6 per cent — four percentage points lower than in the previous decade. India is approaching, but has not yet reached, the replacement level. This means India’s population will stabilise somewhere between 1.5 billion and 1.6 billion by 2030, making it the world’s most populous country. It is hard to discern...

Authorities in Chandigarh don't seem to be doing enough for raising Literacy rate as compared to other states and union territories. In 2011, the city came down to eighth position on the all-India Literacy list. In the 2001 census, it had the sixth highest Literacy rate in the country. This happened in spite of increase in overall Literacy here. Though Chandigarh has achieved the Planning Commission target of 85% Literacy, it couldn't...