CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-4 PU NJAB PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS Paper - 2 of 2001 RURAL - URBAN DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION <:"1~Rl~ PEOPLE ORIENTED INDER JIT SINGH, lAS Director of Census Operations,Punjab Contents. Page Inner Title i-ii Contents iii-vi Preface vii-viii Figuresataglance ix-xxi Figures at a Glance, India and Punjab x Figures at a Glance: Punjab 1991-2001 xi-xii Figure-G.l : Rural - Urban distribution of Population -India: 2001 xiii Figute-G.2 : Rural- Urban distribution of Population - Punjab: 200 1 xiii Table-G.! : Rural-Urban distribution of population - india and States : 200 I xiv-xv Table-G.2 : District wise Rural-Urban distribution of population - Punjab: 2001 xvi-xvii Map--G.l : Map of India showing location of Punjab xviii Map-G.2 : Map of Punjab showing administrative cii'J isions xix State Highlig.'tts xx-xxi Chapter-I: Introduction 1-5 ClJapter-l : Rural-Urban distribution and growth of population 7-24 Chapter-3: Trends in Urbanisation 25-36 Chapter-4 : Rural-Urban break up of Sex Ratio 37-47 Chapter-5 : Rural-Urban Literacy 49-59 Clulpter-6: Urban Slums 61-64 Annexures Annexure I : Tables 65-107 Table I : Population, Child Population in the age group 0-6 and literate 67-74 by residence and sex -State, District, UAIC ity/Town: 200! Table 2 : Population, Child Population in the age group 0-6 and 75-82 literate by residence and sex - State, District, Tahsil: 2001 Table 3 : Percentage decadal growth, percentage of child 83-84 iii Population in the age group 0-6 by residence and Percentage of urban population to total population - State and District: 2001 Table 4 : Sex Ratio of Population and Sex Ratio of child 85-88 Population in the age group 0-6, State, District, Tahsils : 2001 Table 5 : Literacy Rates by Residence and Sex State, District, 89-92 Tahsil. : 2001 Table 6: Population, Percentage decadal growth 1991-2001, Sex 93-99 Ratio, literacy by sex - UAs, Cities and Towns by Size class in the State: 2001 Appendix 1 to Table 6 : Population, Child Population in the age group 0- 100-105 6 and Literate by sex - independent cities and towns arranged in alphabetical order : 200 I Appendix 2 to Table 6 : List of towns of 1991 declassified in 2001 and towns of 106 1991 merged with other towns in 200 1 Table 7: Growth of urban population, 1991- 2001 107 Annexure - n : Release of Paper-I by the Chief,Secretary Punjab - A picture. Ust of Tables Table-G.l : Rural-Urban distribution of population - India and States: 200] xv Table-G.2 : District wise Rural-Urban distribution of population - Punjab: 200 I xvi-xviii Table I. I : List of Urban Agglomerations of 200 I Census 4 Table 1.2 : Number of statutory and Census Towns. Punjab: 1991-2001 5 Table-2.1 : Districtwise percentage distribution of rural-urban population: 2001 7 Tahle-2.2 : Comparative composition of rural-urban population: 2001 9 Table-2.3 : Ranking ofStateslUnion Territories by level of urbanization : 1991 and 2001 13 Table-2.4: Ranking of districts by percentage of urban population: 1991 and 2001 14 Table-2.5: Districts arranged in descending order of their level of urbanisation 15 Table-2.6 : Town with highest and lowest population within each category 16 Table-2.7 : Decadal growth rate of population - India: 190 1-200] 16 Table-2.8 : Decadal growth rate of population - Punjab: )901-2001 19 Table-2.9 : States with growth rate lower than Punjab: 1991-2001 20 Table-2.10 :District wise growth rate of rural-urban population - Punjab : 1991-200 1 20 Table-2.11 : Proportion of population in age 0-6 - Punjab: 2001 24 iv Tabl~3.1 : Trends in urbanisation - Punjab: 1901-2001 27 Table 3.2 : Share of Municipal Corporations in total urban population of the State: 1991 32 and 2001 Table 3.3 : New Towns added in 2001 34 Table 4.1 : States and Union Territories ranked by Sex Ratio - India: 2001 38 Table 4.2: Ranking of districts by Sex ratio - Punjab: 1991 and 2001 39 Table 4.3 : Sex Ratio of districts in Punjab: 1991 and 2001 40 Table 4.4: Rural-Urban Sex Ratio of Districts-Punjab: 1901-2001 45 Table 4.5: Town wise Sex Ratio - Punjab: 2001 41 Table 4.6 : Town wise Sex Ratio of child population in the age group 0-6- Punjab: 200 I 42 Table S.I : States and Union Territories ranked by Literacy Rate - India: 2001 50 Table S.2: Literacy Rate, Punjab: 1951-2001 51 Table 5.3: Literacy Rates by sex for States and Districts - Punjab : 1991 and 200 1 51 Table 5.4 : RM.kmg ·cf Districts by Literacy 52 Table: S.S : District wise population in the age group 0-6, Number of literates and literacy 58-59 Rate Table ,.6: Town WIse literacy rate of total population 54 Table: 5.7: Town wise female literacy rate 55 Table 6.1 : Total population and proportion of Slum Population by TownslUAs : 2001 63 Table 6.2: Sex Ratio and Literacy Rate in Urban Areas and Slum Areas - Punjab: 2001 64 List ofJi'ig!res Figur~G.I: Rural-urban distribution of population - India : 2001 xiii Figur~.2: Rural-urban distribution of population - Punjab: 200 I xiii Figur~2.1 : Distribution of rural-urban population by districts - Punjab: 2001 10 Figu~2.2 : Pen:eotage decadal growth in rural-urban population J 901-1911 to ·1991-200 1 18 - India and Punjab Figur~2.3 : Distribution of rural-urban population, Punjab: 1901-2001 19 v Figure-J.t : Punjab: Share of Urban population and number of towns by size class: 2001 28 Figure-J.2: Punjab: Percentage of urban population by size class of towns 1971 - 2001 . 28 Figure J.3 : Distribution of Urban population by size Class of towns : 1901-2001 29 Figure 3.4: Growth of urban population by size class of towns 1981-1991 and 1991-2001 30 Figure 3.5: Decadal Growth of population of Municipal Corporations: 190]-2001 31 Figu~.l: Rural-Urban Sex Ratio, Punjab 39 Figure-4.2: Trends in Sex Ratio for Districts: 1901-2001 46 Figure-S.l : Literacy Rate by Districts, Punjab: 200 1 52 Figure-S.2: Female literacy rate by districts, Punjab: 2001 53 LilltofMa.. Map-G.l Rural-Urban distribution of population -India and States: 2001 xviii Map-G.2 District wise Rural-Urban distribution ofpopuiation - Punjab: 2001 xix Map-2.t : Percentage of rural-urban in total population - Punjab: 200 t . g Map-2.2 Urban population by districts - Punjab: 2001 ] 1 Map-2.3: District wise decadal growth rate of rural population - Punjab, 1991-2001 21 Map-2.4:: District wise decadal growth rate of urban population- Punjab ; 1901-2001 23 Map 3.1 Location of TownslUrban Agglomerations by size class of population : 2001 35 Map 3.2 : Growth rate of population of Class-I Urban AgglomerationsITowns 36 Map-4.1 : Sex Ratio by Districts - Punjab: 200 I 47 ••••• vi Preface India is one of th! very few countries in the world. which has a proud history of holding census every ten years uninterruptedly since 1872. Census of India 2001 is the 14th in this unbroken series and 6th after independence. Census is not a mere head count - it is a comprehensive source of data on socio-economic and demographic characteristics of population at all levels. Census of India is conducted as per the provisions made under Census Act, 1948, as amended. Census of India 2001 is a landmark census as we move from 20th century to 21- century and enter into a new millennium as well. Standing to the rich tradition of Census organization of India. we had brought out Provisional Population Totals Paper-l of Punjab State immediately after the completion of Census Operations. The Paper- l gave State's population, decadal growth rate, sex ratio and literacy,'evels down to distl'iqt .in the State for use by the Administrators, Planners, Academicians and the public at large. The present Paper 2 of 200 I, which gives rural - urban .distribution of • population, is a sequal to Paper-I released earlier in March 200 I. In this Paper too, the figures given are provisional. Having reached 6 billion in 1999, world's population continues to grow. While it took 123 years for the world population to double from I billion in 1804 to 2 billion in 1927, it took just 12 years (from 1987 to 1999) to add the most recent billion. United Nation's population projections for the year 2050 range from 7.9 billion to 10.9 billion. The unprecedented growth of world population and production combined with unsustainable consumption patterns has placed increasingly severe stress on the life supporting capabilities of our planet. India with a population of more than I billion as per its recent census results became second most populous country of the world. Rapid population growth coupled with urbanisation and rapid development combined with unsustainable consumption patterns has led to severe depletion of our natural resources and degradation of our environment. The National Population Policy of 2001 recently adopted by the Government of India states that "long term objective is to achieve stable population by 2045 at the level consistent with the requirement of sustainable economic growth, social development and envirorunental protection". Urbanisation has become one of the most important demographic trends in growth and distribution of population, In 1950, only 29010 of the world's population lived in urban anlIlS. In 2000, the proportion was estimated to be 47% and is likely to increase to 50% in 2007 and reach 60% by 2030.