Buldhana District at a glance Sr. No. Item 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011121314 A Geographical Area (Thousand Sq. Km.) 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.60 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 B Administrative Setup- 1 Tahsils 555513.00 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 2 Inhabited villages 1225 1225 1232 1273 1299.00 1297 1297 1297 1297 1297 1297 1297 3 Un-Inhabited villages 146 146 165 127 128.00 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 4 Towns # 999911.00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Population as per Census - (In C 1961 1961 1971 1981 1991.00 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 thousand) 1 Total 1060 1060 1263 1509 1886.00 2232 2232 2232 2232 2232 2232 2232 2 Males 541 541 646 771 966.00 1147 1147 1147 1147 1147 1147 1147 3 Females 519 519 617 738 920.00 1085 1085 1085 1085 1085 1085 1085 4 Rural 884 884 1041 1230 1498.00 1759 1759 1759 1759 1759 1759 1759 5 Urban 176 176 222 279 388.00 473 473 473 473 473 473 473 6 Scheduled Castes 56 56 68 93 217.00 242 242 242 242 242 242 242 7 Scheduled Tribes NA NA NA 66 95.00 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 8 Percentage of Scheduled Castes 5.30 5.30 5.41 6.16 11.49 10.82 10.82 10.82 10.82 10.82 10.82 10.82 9 Percentage of Scheduled Tribes NA NA NA 4.37 5.03 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15 10 Decadal growth rate of population 21.78 21.78 19.18 19.46 25.02 18.35 18.35 18.35 18.35 18.35 18.35 18.35 11 Density of population (per Sq.Km.) 109 109 130 156 195.00 231 231 231 231 231 231 231 12 Literacy rate (Percentage) Total 26.99 26.99 37.3 47.18 61.69 75.8 75.8 75.8 75.8 75.8 75.8 75.8 Males 41.15 41.15 51.3 58.79 76.53 86.9 86.9 86.9 86.9 86.9 86.9 86.9 Females 12.22 12.22 22.7 37.79 46.13 64.1 64.1 64.1 64.1 64.1 64.1 64.1 13 Percentage of Urban population 16.56 16.56 17.56 18.49 20.57 23.60 23.60 23.60 23.60 23.60 23.60 23.60 14 Sex ratio (Females per thousand males) 959.00 959.00 954.00 957.00 953.00 946.00 946.00 946.00 946.00 946.00 946.00 946.00 D District Income - (At current prices) 1 District Income - (Crore Rs.) NA NA NA NA 1951.73 3528.27 3528.27 4416.36 4625.6 4625.6 4838.71 5719.3 2 Primary Sector (Crore Rs.) NA NA NA NA 416.67 839.58 839.58 1052.4 864.68 864.68 956.92 1434.2 3 Secondary Sector (Crore Rs.) NA NA NA NA 355.05 556.9 556.9 681.79 703.04 703.04 692.59 802.58 4 Tertiary Sector (Crore Rs.) NA NA NA NA 1180.01 2131.78 2131.78 2682.17 3057.87 3057.87 3189.2 3482.52 5 Share of Primary Sector (In Per cent) NA NA NA NA 21.35 23.8 23.8 23.83 18.7 18.7 19.78 25.07 6 Share of Secondary Sector (In Per cent) NA NA NA NA 18.19 15.78 15.78 15.44 15.2 15.2 14.31 14.03 7 Share of Tertiary Sector (In Per cent) NA NA NA NA 60.46 60.42 60.42 60.73 66.1 66.1 65.91 60.9 Annual Growth Rate of GDDP Constant 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (1999-2000) Prices Annual Growth Rate of NDDP Constant 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (1999-2000) Prices 10 Per capita District Income (Rs.) NA NA NA NA 8815.00 15718 15718 19260 19989 19990 20469 23913 Agriculture - (Area in thousand E hectares) Buldhana District at a glance Sr. No. Item 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011121314 1 Net area sown 685 693 715 730 646.00 729 655 655 655 629 712 712 2 Gross cropped area 735 723 776 777 824.00 843 839 839 839 812 756 756 3 Gross irrigated area 31 17.61 41 34 46.00 37 53 53 53 45 48 48 Percentage of gross irrigated area to gross 4 4.22 2.44 5.28 4.37 5.58 4.39 6.32 6.32 6.32 5.54 6.35 6.35 cropped area Area under principal crops - (In thousand hectares) 5 Paddy 2.89 3.08 0 2.57 0.00 0.69 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.46 0.46 6 Wheat 42.68 31.77 20.5 20.46 18.50 17.44 35.5 35.5 35.5 35.5 21.7 21.7 7 Jowar 231.37 259.57 124.2 190.88 132.59 170.99 151.1 151.1 151.1 151.1 144.43 144.43 8 Bajra 5.17 10.13 42.3 13.75 11.05 10.89 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 7.9 7.9 9 All cereals 282.96 305.93 187.7 243.82 163.72 214.01 217.8 217.8 217.8 217.8 197.2 197.2 10 All pulses 85.83 103.2 247.5 246.89 236.17 158.93 249.3 249.3 249.3 249.3 231.11 231.11 11 All foodgrains 376.21 409.13 435.2 490.71 399.89 372.94 467.1 467.1 467.1 467.1 428.31 428.31 12 Sugarcane Area 1.19 2 1.77 1.95 1.00 1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.2 13 Sugarcane Harvested Area 1.19 2 1.77 1.95 1.00 1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.2 14 Cotton 235.76 260.09 258.33 211.24 235.30 252.44 279.11 279.11 279.11 279.11 220.18 220.18 15 Groundnut 33.9 18.99 1.1 1.48 1.00 1.21 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 6.92 6.92 Production of principal crops - (In thousand tonnes) 16 Paddy 0.932 2.23 1 3 2.00 2100000 17 Wheat 18.42 15.6 6.7 7.5 32.30 42.3 52.4 18.3 18.3 20.7 82.5 82.5 18 Jowar 121.34 228.7 25.78 18.31 20.40 17.12 20.25 12.31 12.31 54.3 116.7 116.7 19 Bajra 0.947 1.4 3.8 3.9 4.90 2.9 3.6 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.8 20 All cereals 141.71 250.8 356.8 222.2 274.60 233.8 310.9 240.9 240.9 108.7 436.1 436.1 21 All pulses 17.32 27.3 15.09 80.9 78.20 129.5 127.5 108.5 108.5 205.5 162.2 162.2 22 All foodgrains 159.03 278.1 371.89 303.1 352.80 363.3 438.4 349.4 349.4 314.2 598.3 598.3 23 Sugarcane 2.99 11.9 9.46 4.12 10.36 8.94 8.4 5.71 5.71 11.6 95.2 95.2 24 Cotton (lint) 192.18 122.3 26.35 11.99 89.20 197.8 194.7 149.3 149.3 227.4 294.4 294.4 25 Groundnut 24.12 102 7.3 7.6 3.50 0 1.7 3 3 2 1.4 1.4 Productivity of principal crops - (Kg/hec.) 26 Paddy 322.49 893 500 429 1000.00 1000 647 00000 27 Wheat 431.58 505 1887 845 1495.00 1783 1812 691 691 1034 1417 1417 28 Jowar 524.44 841 1696 1110 1413.00 1320 1471 1012 1012 801 1311 1311 29 Bajra 183.17 152 513 424 620.00 372 640 443 443 492 499 499 30 All cereals 500.81 794 1628 1028 1273.00 1380 1569 666 666 1603 963 963 31 All pulses 201.79 263 624 372 316.00 590 477 425 425 657 628 628 32 All foodgrains 351.3 528.5 1126 700 794.50 985 1023 545.5 545.5 1130 795.5 795.5 33 Sugarcane (Drest cane) 25.12 75.7 95 68 86.00 81 65 82 82 390 952 952 34 Cotton (lint) 815.15 90 174 77 69.00 153 197 1280 1280 1960 2944 2944 35 Groundnut 711.5 619 768 809 507.00 0 810 50 50 73 14 14 Buldhana District at a glance Sr.