District Profile Banswara, Rajasthan The district Banswara is situated in the southern - most part of Rajasthan. It has an area of 5037 square kilometre and lies between 23.11° N to 23.56° N latitudes and 73.58° E to 74.49° E. longitudes. Its height above sea level is around 302 m. Banswara has 5 sub-districts, namely, Ghatol, Garhi, Banswara, Bagidora and Kushalgarh. Banswara district experiences an annual rainfall of 82.59 cm and the main crops of the region are Wheat, Maize, Gram and Cotton. The major min- erals found in this region are Dolomite, Soapstone, Graphite, Limestone and Rock Phosphate. DEMOGRAPHY As per Census 2011, the total population of Banswara is 1797485 which accounts for 2.6 percent of the total population of State. The percentage of urban pop- ulation in Banswara is 7.10 percent, which is lower than the state average of 24.87 percent. Out of the total population there are 907,754 males and 889,731 females in the district. This gives a sex ratio of 980 females per 1000 males. The decadal growth rate of population in Rajasthan is 21.31 percent, while Banswa- ra reports a 19.71 percent decadal increase in the population. The district population density is 356.86 in 2011. The Scheduled Caste population in the district is 17.83 percent while Scheduled Tribe comprises 13.48 percent of the population. LITERACY The overall literacy rate of Banswara district is 56.33 percent while the male & female literacy rate is 69.48 and 43.06 percent respectively. At the block level, a considerable difference is noticeable in male-female literacy rate. Kushalgarh has the lowest male (59.49 percent) and female (35.09 percent) literacy rate. Garhi, has the highest male (77.08 percent) and female (50.43 percent) literacy rate . Source: Census 2011 A significant difference is notable in the literacy rate of rural and urban Banswara. Rural Banswara has a literacy rate of 53.96 percent while the same in urban areas is 85.20 percent. A closer look at block level data reveals that literacy rate in rural areas lag behind the literacy rate of urban areas. Kushalgarh ranks lowest in rural literacy rate, at 46.07 percent, but also the highest urban literacy rate (86.27 percent). The lowest urban literacy rate is recorded in Garhi (81.31 percent), while the highest rural literacy rate is in Source: Census 2011 Garhi (62.79 percent). SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE Source: data.gov.in The chart provides the Gross Domestic Product (in Rs. Crore) for three consecutive years and it appears that GDP of Banswara has increased from Rs. 1900.79 in 2003-04 to Rs. 2046.93 in 2005-06. The growth rate of GDP in Banswara was highest in 2003-04 (19.52 percent). The growth rate of GDP in Banswara experi- enced a steep decline, in 2004-05 it was –1.77 percent, which rose to 9.63 percent in 2005-06. The percentage of main workers in the total workforce in Banswara is 76.38 In terms of work participation rate (WPR) in the district, the male WPR is percent which is marginally less than the State main workers (70.46 percent) 53.12 percent whereas for female it is 48.82 percent. as per Census 2011. Work Participation Rate Among the four categories, ‘Cultivators’ form about 69.07 percent of all work- ers, while agricultural labourers form 30.71 percent. The catchall category In Ghatol, male WPR is highest Male Female (54.07 percent) while Bagidora ‘Other Workers’ form 23.23 percent of the entire working population of the Banswara (D) 53.12% 48.82% block reported lowest male WPR district. It includes forms of employment in secondary and tertiary sector . (51.87 percent) Ghatol 54.07% 53.29% Among female, the highest WPR is Garhi 53.49% 44.96% reported from Ghatol block (53.29 Banswara 53.79% 44.45% percent) and lowest from Banswara (44.45 percent). Bagidora 51.87% 50.45% Kushalgarh 52.55% 52.09% Comparing all blocks, in Ghatol block both male and female WPR is highest. Source: Census 2011 Cultivators Agricultural Laborers Household Workers Other Workers 69.07 percent 30.71 percent 3.05 percent 23.23 percent Source: Census 2011 In 2006-07, the district Baloda Bazar did not exist as a separate district. Therefore, in the foregoing analysis, we have used district level data from Raipur district from where Baloda Bazar was carved out later. This is the only data available and no further disaggregation is possible. BASIC AMENITIES & HEALTH The overall percentage of households having access to improved drinking water source is 92.0 percent which is higher than the Banswara Rajasthan state average (85.5 percent) as per NFHS-IV. The same survey Household (percent) with improved sanitation 20.8 45.0 reports that only 20.8 percent household have improved sanita- tion facilities which is less than state average of 45.0 percent. Household (percent) with clean fuel for cooking 12.6 31.8 Apart from drinking water and sanitation facilities, only 12.6 per- Household (percent) with improved drinking 92.0 85.5 cent of household use clean fuel for cooking compared to state water source average of 31.8 percent. In Rajasthan, 91.0 percent of household Household (percent) with electricity 67.9 91.0 having electricity which is significantly higher than the district av- Source: NFHS IV, 2015-16 erage (67.9 percent). In terms of health facilities, besides a district hospital, there is a network of sub- health centres (SHCS/Sub-HCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) across the district. CHCs have the highest spread, followed by PHCs and then sub- health centres. Hence, CHCs and PHCs cater to a higher proportion of population than sub- health centres. The Sub-Centre is the most peripheral and first contact point between the primary health care system and the community. There is a PHC for 6 Sub-Centres while CHCs act as a referral unit for 4 PHCs. Health Facilities Covered Institutional Births The overall percentage of institutional births recorded in Banswara and Raja- sthan varies moderately. In Banswara, 98.2 percent institutional births are No. of Community Health Centre 21 571 recorded, compared to 96.9 percent births in Rajasthan. However, institution- al birth record rate in public healthcare units is high in Banswara (90.7 per- No. of Primary Health Centre 53 2080 cent) and Rajasthan (76.9 percent). Banswara Rajasthan No. of Sub Health Centre 471 14408 Institutional Births Institutional Births (to Total Reported Deliveries) (to Total Reported Deliveries) Rajasthan (percent) Source: Rural Health Statistics 2016 Total— 98.2 Total— 96.9 Infant Mortality Rate Maternal Mortality Ratio Institutional Births in Public Institutional Births in Public Banswara 57# Banswara 265 Facilities (percent) Facilities (percent) Total— 90.7 Total— 76.9 Rajasthan 46* Rajasthan 208 Source: HMIS 2016-17 Source: #AHS 2012-13; *SRS 2016 Source: AHS 2012-13 EDUCATIONAL STATUS — DISTRICT (Government Schools include schools administered under Central Government, Local Bodies, Tribal and Social Welfare Department and Department of Education) Banswara has 2971 Govt. schools, of which 2968 are till elementary grade. The district has 566 contractual teachers. Only 384 out of 2971 Govt. elementary schools have in Banswara have Anganwadi Centres. Of all Govt. schools having Anganwadis, of which 12.92 percent of Govt. elementary schools are seen to have AWCs. In Banswara, a typical school has 4.73 teachers on average at elementary to higher secondary grade, while it is approximately 3.9 teachers at the elementary lev- el. Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) at the elementary level is 24 in Banswara, while it is 32 across schools with elementary to higher secondary grades. Government Schools– Elementary to Hr. Secondary Grade Government Schools– Elementary Grade Only 384 Number of school having AWC* 384 2971 Number of school 2968 371497 Total enrolment (excluding AWC) 281266 Boys enrolment is 1.02 times higher 188306 Boys enrolment 141895 Boys enrolment is 1.02 times higher than girls enrolment 183191 Girls enrolment 139371 than girls enrolment 11540 Total teachers 11521 Contractual teachers 358 566 Male teachers Male teacher recruitment is 2.67 times 8395 8377 Male teachers recruitment is 2.66 Female teachers more than female teachers 3145 3144 times more than female teachers Average number of teachers per school 4.73 3.9 Pupil teacher ratio 32 24 *Anganwadi Centres Source: DISE, 2016-17 School Facilities As far as provision of infrastructure facilities are concerned, the district has 2971 public schools with buildings and 1709 schools have libraries as well. This implies that 57.5 percent of all Govt. schools have library facilities. Average Annual Dropout Rate Drop-out rate in Govt. schools in Banswara is 7.18 percent at the Primary level. However, it is seen to fluctuate as one moves to higher grades. It is 0.48 percent at the Upper Primary level, a 16.05 percent at Secondary level. Girls tend to drop out slightly more than boys, and dropout rate widely fluctuates as pupils move up the grade ladder. At the Secondary level, dropout rate among boys is 16.83 percent, while the same among girls is as high as 15.2 percent. — Higher Secondary Higher Secondary 0.43% Average Dropout Rate is seen to fluctu- 15.2% Secondary Secondary 16.83% ates for both boys and girls across higher 0.3% Upper Primary Upper Primary 0.64% grades. 7.36% Primary Primary 7.00% Source: DISE, 2016-17 EDUCATIONAL STATUS — BLOCK Blocks No. of schools Total number of Percentage of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) having AWCs schools Schools with AWCs All Schools Anandpuri 24 269 8.92 Among the 10 blocks of Banswara, 29.35 percent of all Govt.