District Profile Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand The district of Udham Singh Nagar is situated in the south-eastern part of the state of Uttarakhand. The district has seven tehsils namely Kashipur, Kichha, Sitarganj, Bazpur, Jaspur, Gadarpur and Khatima. For development purposes the district is divided into seven community development blocks. They are locat- ed at Jaspur, Kashipur, Bazpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Sitarganj and Khatima. Seven development blocks are further divided into 309 Gram Panchayat. There are 688 villages out of which 674 are inhabited and 14 are uninhabited. DEMOGRAPHY As per Census 2011, the total population of Udham Singh Nagar is 242,285. Out of which 114,585 were males and 127,696 were females. This gives a sex ratio of 1114 females per 1000 males. The percentage of urban population in the district is 4.10 percent, which is much lower than the state average of 30.23 percent. The decadal growth rate of population in Uttarakhand is 18.81 percent, while Udham Singh Nagar reports a 6.53 percent decadal increase in the population. The decadal growth rate of urban population in Uttarakhand is 39.93 percent, while Udham Singh Nagar reports a 263.3 percent. The district population densi- ty is 122 in 2011. The Scheduled Caste population in the district is 19.68 percent while Scheduled Tribe comprises 0.16 percent of the population. LITERACY The overall literacy rate of Udham Singh Nagar district is 73.10 percent while the male & female literacy rates are 81.09 percent and 64.45 percent respectively. At the block level, a considerable variation is noticeable in male-female literacy rate. Bajpur has the lowest literacy male and female rates at 75.45 percent and 56.59 percent respectively. Khatima block has the highest male literacy rate at 85.24 percent and Kashipur has the highest female literacy rate at 70.21 percent. Source: Census 2011 The district has rural literacy rate at 71.55 percent and urban literacy rate at 75.89 percent. Khatima block has the highest rural and literacy rate at 76.79 percent and Kashipur has the highest urban literacy rate at 82.83 percent. Lowest rural and urban literacy rates are found at Bajpur at 64.46 percent and 72.33 percent respectively. Source: Census 2011 SOCIO-ECONOMIC The three sectors of the economy – primary, secondary and tertiary – reflect the direc- tion of growth of any region. In Udham Singh Nagar the secondary sector contributed the maximum share of 53.07 percent to Gross District Domestic Product (GDDP) which is higher than that of Uttarakhand’s share of 37.80 percent to Gross State Domestic Prod- uct (GSDP) in 2013-14. The district’s primary (agricultural) sector contributes about 1/10th to GDDP (10.01 percent) while the tertiary sector’s contribution is 36.91 percent. The GDDP of Udham Singh Nagarin secondary sector is more than double compared to that in Uttarakhand. On considering Net District Domestic Product (NDDP), Udham Singh Nagar has 10.43 per- cent of share in the primary sector, 47.15 percent secondary sector share, while 42.42 percent of the income comes from the tertiary sector. Uttarakhand, as a state, gets 10.31 percent of its output (NSDP) from the primary sector, one third from the secondary sec- tor (33.43 percent); but is certainly led by the tertiary sector (56.26 percent). The dis- Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Uttarakhand trict’s share in NDDP to the primary and secondary sectors are more than that of the state and tertiary sector lags behind that of the state. The per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area in a specified year. Udham Singh Nagar’s per capita income (Rs. 11,55,43) is less than that of the state (Rs. 1,12,428). Low per capita income is usually an indicator of poverty in a region. According to the Planning Commission, Government of India, the proportion of rural population living below poverty line in Udham Singh Nagar with Poverty Ratio (PVR) of 45.7 . Udham Singh Nagar urban poverty is with PVR of 48.88 . 68.04 percent of the poor are in rural and 31.96 percent are in urban. Considering the distribution of poor across districts of urban and rural Uttarakhand, 17.08 percent of rural poor population and 29.3 percent of urban poor population are in Rudraprayag. The percentage of main workers in the total workforce in Udham Singh Nagar In terms of work participation rate Work Participation Rate is 27.34 percent which is lower than the State main workers (28.46 percent) as (WPR) in the district, the male WPR is per Census 2011. Among the four categories, Cultivators form about 20.74 per- 51.77 percent whereas for female it is Male Female cent of all workers, while agricultural labourers form 27.94 percent. The 18.59 percent. catchall category ‘Other Workers’ form 46.85 percent of the entire working Kashipur 50.84 11.57 population of the district which forms the highest in the categories. It includes In Gadarpur block percentage of male Jaspur 52.43 18.71 forms of employment in secondary and tertiary sector. The workers in house- WPR is the highest with 54.06 percent hold industry forms 4.46 percent. and lowest at Bajpur with 50.37 per- Bajpur 50.37 13.47 cent. Whereas the Khatima block has the highest female WPR with 34.31 Kichha 50.92 13.86 percent and lowest at Kashipur at Gadarpur 54.06 22.41 11.57 percent. Sitarganj 52.71 20.42 Cultivators Agricultural Labourer Household Workers Other Workers Khatima 52.45 34.31 46.85 percent 20.74 percent 27.94 percent 4.46 percent Source: Census 2011 Source: Census 2011 BASIC AMENITIES & HEALTH Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand The overall percentage of households having access to improved drinking Household (percent) with improved water source is 97.6 percent which is higher than the state average (92.9 56.2 64.5 Sanitation percent) as per NFHS– 4, 2015-16. The same survey reports that 56.2 per- cent household have improved sanitation facilities which is lower than state Household (percent) with clean fuel for 52.6 51.0 average of 64.5 percent. Apart from drinking water and sanitation facility, Cooking only 52.6 percent of household use clean fuel for cooking compared to 92.9 state average of 51 percent. However, in the district, 96.1 percent of house- Household (percent) with improved 97.6 hold having electricity which is almost equal to the state average (97.5 per- drinking water source cent). Household (percent) with electricity 96.1 97.5 Source: NFHS– 4, 2015-16 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. Health Facilities Covered NUTRITIONAL STATUS Nutritional Status (Children under 5 Years) No. of Community Health Centre 06 59 Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand No. of Primary Health Centre 27 257 Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Stunted* 37.8 36.8 39.3 33.5 34.0 32.5 No. of Sub Health Centre 173 1848 Wasted* 12 13.1 10.1 19.5 19.9 18.6 Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand Underweight* 27.1 24.2 31.5 26.6 27.1 25.6 Source: Rural Health Statistics 2016 Source: NFHS-4, 2015-16 Infant Mortality Rate Maternal Mortality Rate In Udham Singh Nagar, the proportion of stunted children is higher in rural (36.8 percent) areas than in Uttarakhand having 34.0 percent of stunted children. Udham Singh Udham Singh 33* 182 Among the three broad categories, the average proportion of wasted children Nagar Nagar appears to be the lowest both in State & District; 12 percent in Udham Singh Nagar and 19.5 percent in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand 33** Uttarakhand 165 In Uttarakhand, about 26.6 percent of its under 5 year population is underweight, Sources: while in Udham Singh Nagar it is about 27.1 percent. Source: Annual Health Survey 2012-13 *Annual Health Survey 2012-13 **SRS 2016 *Stunted-Height for Age; Wasted-Weight for Height; Underweight-Weight for Height EDUCATIONAL STATUS — DISTRICT (Government Schools include schools administered under Central Government, Local Bodies, Tribal and Social Welfare Department and Department of Education) Udham Singh Nagar has 1144 Govt. schools, of which 1140 are till elementary grade. The district account for only 132 contractual teachers, of which 55 are male and 77 are female. 608 out of 1143 Govt. elementary schools have in Udham Singh Nagar have Anganwadi Centres. In other words, 53.1 percent of all Govt. schools have Anganwadis. In Udham Singh Nagar, a typical school has 5.3 teachers on average at elementary to higher secondary grade, while it is approximately 5.3 teachers at the elemen- tary level. Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) at the elementary level is 18 in Udham Singh Nagar, while it is 25 across schools with elementary to higher secondary grades. Government Schools– Elementary to Hr. Secondary Grade Government Schools– Elementary Grade Only 608 Number of school having AWC* 608 1144 Number of school 1140 151379 Total enrolment (excluding AWC) 110869 Girls enrolment is 1.24 times higher 67520 Boys enrolment 51490 Girls enrolment is 1.15 times higher than boys enrolment 83859 Girls enrolment 59379 than boys enrolment 6091 Total teachers 6041 Contractual teachers 128 132 Male teachers Male teachers are 1.5 times more than 3611 3568 Male teachers are 1.44 times more than female teachers 2480 Female teachers 2473 female teachers Average number of teachers per school 5.32 5.3 Pupil teacher ratio 25 18 *Anganwadi Centres Source: DISE, 2016-17 School Facilities As far as provision of infrastructure facilities are concerned, 1131 schools, in all category schools, in Udham Singh Nagar have school buildings; the district has 1140 elementary public schools of which 1127 are with buildings.