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 percent which is higher than the state Banswara Rajasthan average (85.5 percent) as per Census 2011. The same survey re- Household (percent) with improved sanitation 20.8 45 ports that only 20.8 percent household have improved sanitation facilities which is less than state average of 45 percent. Apart Household (percent) with clean fuel for cooking 12.6 31.8 from drinking water and sanitation facilities, only 12.6 percent of Household (percent) with improved drinking 92 85.5 household use clean fuel for cooking compared to state average water source of 31.8 percent. In Rajasthan, 91 percent of household having elec- Household (percent) with electricity 67.9 91 tricity which is significantly higher than the district average (67.9 Source: Houselisting and Housing Census, 2011 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, 97.9 percent institutional births are No. of Community Health Centre 21 568 recorded, compared to 96.2 percent births in Rajasthan. However, institution- al birth record rate in public healthcare units is moderate, both in Banswara No. of Primary Health Centre 53 2083 (92.7 percent) and Rajasthan (76.3 percent). Banswara Rajasthan No. of Sub Health Centre 471 14407 Institutional Births Institutional Births (to Total Reported Deliveries) (to Total Reported Deliveries) Banswara Rajasthan (percent) Infant Mortality Rate Total— 97.9 Total— 96.2 Maternal Mortality Rate Institutional Births in Public Institutional Births in Public Baloda Bazar 57 Baloda Bazar 265 Facilities (percent) Facilities (percent) Rajasthan 46 Rajasthan 208 Total— 92.7 Total— 76.3 Source: HMIS 2015-16, Rural Health Statistics 2015 * for births in the 5 years before survey Source: HMIS 2015-16, Rural Health Statis- tics 2015 EDUCATIONAL STATUS — DISTRICT (Government Schools include schools administered under Central Government, Local Bodies, Tribal and Social Welfare Department and Department of Education) Banswara has 3027 Govt. schools, of which 3018 are till elementary grade. The district has 429 contractual teachers. Only 333 out of 3018 Govt. elementary schools have in Banswara have Anganwadi Centres. Of all Govt. schools having Anganwadis, of which 11.03 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 3.8 teachers at the elementary lev- el. Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) at the elementary level is 24 in Banswara, while it is 26 across schools with elementary to higher secondary grades. Government Schools– Elementary to Hr. Secondary Grade Government Schools– Elementary Grade Only 333 Number of school having AWC* 333 3027 Number of school 3018 367678 Total enrolment (excluding AWC) 282917 Boys enrolment is 1.04 times higher 187368 Boys enrolment 143325 Boys enrolment is 1.03 times higher than girls enrolment 180310 Girls enrolment 139592 than girls enrolment 11703 Total teachers 11614 Contractual teachers 429 429 Male teachers Male teacher recruitment is 2.69 times 8494 8429 Male teachers recruitment is 2.65 times Female teachers more than female teachers 3209 3185 more than female teachers Average number of teachers per school 4.73 3.8 Pupil teacher ratio 26 24 *Anganwadi Centres Source: DISE, 2015-16 School Facilities As far as provision of infrastructure facilities are concerned, the district has 2828 elementary public schools with buildings and all 2837 schools have school build- ings as well. Of the 3027 Govt. schools, 1631 schools have libraries. This implies that 53.88 percent of all Govt. schools have library facilities.s Average Annual Dropout Rate Drop-out rate in Govt. schools in Banswara is 27.9 percent at the Primary level. However, it is seen to increase as one moves to higher grades. It is 26.7 percent at the Upper Primary level, a 39.8 percent at Secondary level, and 24.7 percent at the Higher Secondary level. Boys tend to drop out slightly more than girls, and dropout rate increases as pupils move up the grade ladder. At the Secondary level, dropout rate among boys is 25.2 percent, while the same among girls is as high as 22.4 percent. Drop-out rate for girls is seen to fall significantly at the Higher Secondary level. Average Dropout Rate is seen to steadily 25.3% Higher Secondary Higher Secondary 24.1% increase for both boys and girls across 38.8% Secondary Secondary 40.7% higher grades.