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CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-4 GENERAL POPULATION TABLES PUNJAB (Tables A-1 to A-4) OFFICE OFTHE DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS PUNJAB Data Product Number 03-011-2001 Cen Book (ii) Contents Pages PREFACE v FIGURES AT A GLANCE vii-viii MAP RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS ix SECTION! General Note 3-11 Basic Census Concepts and Definitions 15-20 SECTION 2 TABLE A-I: NUMBER OF VILLAGES, TOWNS, HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION AND AREA Fly Leaf 23-27 Statements 28-34 Diagram regarding Area and percentage to total Area 35 Map relating to Rural and Urban Population by Sex 2001 36 Map relating to Sex ratio - 200 i 37 Diagram regarding Area, India and States 200 1 38 Diagram regarding Population, India and States - 2001 39 Diagram regarding Population, State and Districts- 2001 40 Map relating to Density of Population 41 TABLE A-I 43-56 Appendix 57-67 TABLE A -2: DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION SINCE 1901 Fly Leaf (/} Statements 70-73 Diagram relating to Growth of Population 1901-2001 India and State 75 TABLE A-2 77-80 Appendix 81-82 (iii) TABLE A -3: VILLAGES BY POPULATION SIZE CLASS Fly Leaf 84 Statements 85-87 TABLE A-3 88-95 Appendix 96-97 TABLE A- 4: TOWNS AND URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS CLASSIFIED BY POPULATION SIZE CLASS IN 2001 WITH VARIATION SINCE 1901 Fly Leaf 99-100 Statements 101-135 Diagram regarding Growth of Urban Population showing percentage (1901-200 1) 137 Map showing Population of Towns in six size classes 2001 138 Map showing Urban Agglomerations 139 Alphabetical list of towns, 200 1 143-144 Alphabetical list of Urban Agglomerations - 2001 147 TABLE A-4 149-181 Appendix-l 182 Appendix-2 183-184 ANNEXURES Annexure - I Specimen of Houselist Schedule 187-188 Annexure - II Specimen of Household Schedule 189-190 Annexure - III (a) List of notified Scheduled Castes- Punjab 191 Annexure - III (b) List of notified Scheduled Tribes- Punjab 192 Annexure - IV The Census Act, 1948 193-196 (iv) PREFACE Population Census is the most comprehensive source of information and population statistics which form an important component of the set of 'Core Statistics'. Conducting of census in India is a massive exercise involving both the Central and State governments. It is conducted after every ten years. 2001 Census is a landmark Census as we move from 20th century to 21 st century and entered into a new millennium as well. It is for the first time in Indian Census that the data collected through 2001 Census has been put in public domain in print media, in electronic format, through cartographic representations etc. and consultancy services for generation of customized tables on request by any data users on payment. The task of finalizing the tables and production of this volume is the joint effort of various divisions in the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India and the Directorate of Census Operations. I am extremely grateful to Shri D.K. Sikri, lAS, Additional Secretary and Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India for his guidance in bringing out this publication. I am equally grateful to Shri Jayant Kumar Banthia, lAS, former Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India for his constant inspiration, help and guidance at every stage. I am thankful to Shri D. Roy Choudhary, Deputy Registrar General (Census & Tabulation), Shri Jagan Lal, Assistant Director and all the officers and staff of Census Division for their valuable guidance for bringing out this publication. In the Directorate, I express my thanks to every officer/official contributed in the 2001 Census. Among those who are closely associated with this work, I appreciate each member of Census Cell for scrutiny, finalization of data presented in this publication. S/Shri Madhav Shyam, Deputy Director (since retired), S.K. Bhandari, Assistant Director (since retired), Smt. Kamlesh Gupta, Assistant Director, Dr. B.B. Jain, Research Officer, S/Shri Malkit Singh, Statistical Investigator Grade-I (since retired), Rajender Prasad, Statistical Investigator Grade-I, Pawan Kumar Bansal, SI Grade-II, Mansha Ram, SI Grade- III, Raj Paul Pathak, Meeka Singh and Smt. Shasbi Arora, Compilers, S/Shri Tej Pal Singh, Sr Geographer, Satinder Pal Singh, LDC, Baldev Singh, Data Entry Operator, Ajit Singh, JGO and Harbans Singh, Daftri deserve special appreciation. Chandigarh R.S. Meena March, 2008 Joint Director Census Operations, Punjab FIGURES AT A GLANCE PUNJAB TOTAL POPULATION Total Persons 24,358,999 Males 12,985,045 Females 11,373,954 Rural Persons 16,096,488 Males 8,516,596 Females 7,579,892 Urban Persons 8,262,511 Males 4,468,449 Females 3,794,062 DECENNIAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE 1991-2001 20.1 AREA IN KM2 50362.00 DENSITY OF POPULATION PER KM2 484 SEX RATIO 876 (Number of females per 1,000 males) LITERACY RATE Persons 69.7 (Excluding children in the age-group 0-6) Males 75.2 Females 63.4 PERCENTAGE OF URBAN POPULATION TO 33.9 TOTAL POPULATION PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL POPULATION (i) Main Workers Persons 32.2 Males 49.5 Females 12.4 (ii) Marginal Workers Persons 5.3 Males 4.1 Females 6.7 (iii) Non - Workers Persons 62.5 Males 46.4 Females 80.9 (vii) FIGURES AT A GLANCE PUNJAB BREAK UP OF MAIN WORKERS PERCENTAGE AMONG MAIN WORKERS CULTIVATORS Persons 24.2 Males 26.7 Females 12.8 AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS Persons 13.5 Males 13.9 Females 11.7 HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRY WORKERS Persons 3.1 Males 2.5 Females 5.8 OTHER WORKERS Persons 59.2 Males 56.9 Females 69.7 PERCENTAGE OF SCHEDULED CASTES Persons 28.9 TO TOTAL POPULATION Males 28.6 Females 29.1 PERCENTAGE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES TO Persons TOTAL POPULATION Males Females TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 4.348,580 TOTAL NUMBER OF VILLAGES Total 12,673 Inhabited 12,278 Uninhabited 395 TOTAL NUMBER OF TOWNS 157 (viii) PUNJAB ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 2001 KILOMET NES BOUNDARY INTERNAT IONA.L .. STATE .. DISTRICT . R TAHSIL .. @ HEADQUARTERS : DISTR ICT/ TAHSI L il TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS OF AMRITSAR -I AND AMRITSAR-II ARE AT AMRITSAR Pocket for Kapurthala K Pocket for Patiala P TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS OF JALANDHAR -I AND JALANDHAR-II Pocket for Patti Pt ARE AT JALANDHAR. Pocket for Sunam S TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS OF LUDHIANA (EAST) AND LUDHIANA (WEST) The administrative headquarters of Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab are at Chandigarh. ARE AT LUDHIANA. (ix) SECTION 1 - GENERAL NOTE General Note The first Census of the third millennium and departure from the earlier census tradition, as until twenty first century conducted in 2001 has been the the 1991 Census (except 1971), the sunrise of 1'1 141h continuous and uninterrupted Indian Census since March of the relevant Census year was the census 1872. Thus, 2001 Census while providing data on moment. The enumeration of houseless popUlation was population and its characteristics will also made a carried out on the night of February, 28, 200 1. transition from one century and millennium to another. This gigantic operation, (considered by many to This data will form the benchmark for framing of the be the single largest and complex peace time welfare and development policies for the human beings administrative exercise in the world) was made possible living in this Country. due to the door to door universal canvassing of the Till 1931, Census was a one night affair which Household Schedule by about 2 million enumerators mainly aimed at presenting a snapshot of the country's and supervisors covering 593 districts, 5464 Sub population. But since 1941 and upto 1991 Census, districts, 5161 towns and 638588 villages at the national count was staggered and enumeration was being done level. The comprehensive Household Schedule which on Individual Slips. However, in 2001 enumeration replaced the individual slip had three parts and two has been done on Household Schedules. The sides A and B. Part I contained th~ Location questionnaire has thus gone on changing according to Particulars; Part II related to the Individual Particulars the changing needs and requirements of the society and Part ill contained questions for Household engaged and the country. in CultivationIPlantation (Annexure-II). The Part II of As a general rule, every person has to be the Household Schedule had 39 columns and 23 enumerated at his normal place of residence, except questions all of which were universally canvassed and those who are away from their normal places of no sampling was resorted to during enumeration. To residence through out the period of count. These facilitate quick tabulation for bringing out Provisional persons have been enumerated at the place where they Population Totals, provision for page totalling was made were first found by an enumerator during the in the schedule itself for a few items namely population, enumeration period or during his revisional round. males, females, popUlation aged 0-6 years by sex, Houseless persons have been to be enumerated at the literates and workers and their categories by sex. The places they were found on the night of 28 th February, provisional population totals were put in the public th 2001. domain on 30 March, 2001 i.e. within four weeks of the completion of the enumeration. Provisional The Census Act, 1948, forms the legal basis for Population Paper-I of 2001 and Supplement to conduct of popUlation censuses in independent India. Provisional PopUlation Paper-I of 200 I provided the As in the past, the Census of India, 2001 has been basic statistics of the popUlation, literates upto-district, conducted in two phases. During the first phase, the sub-district and town level classified by sex through Houselisting Operation was conducted between April the publication of Paper I, II and III of Provisional to September 2000.