For all the districts, the product contains information on
Education, Health, Economic Status, Infrastructure, Demography, Empowerment, crime, and more, estimated at two points in time 2001 and 2008.
Education – Literacy rates, Gender Gaps in literacy, Primary to Upper Primary Transition, Upper Primary to higher Transition, Pupil-Teacher ratio at the Primary Level, Pupil-Teacher ratio at the upper primary level.
Health – Infant Mortality, Deliveries attended by skilled personnel, Immunization, Antenatal care, Unmet need for family planning, Adoption of Modern methods of contraception, HIV/ AIDS Awareness
Infrastructure – Percentage of Habitations connected by pucca roads, Percentage of Households with Electricity, Percentage of Households with Telephone, No. of Bank Branches
Empowerment – Crimes committed against women, Girls marrying below legal age, Birth order 3 and above, Sex Ratio, Female Work Participation Rate
Economic Status – Head Count ratio, Marginal Workers as % of total population, Work Participation Rate
Demography – Population – total, male and female, urban and rural, Households – total, urban, rural, Population Density, Migration, SC and ST population
Environment – Wasteland areas, area affected by drought, area affected by flood
Agriculture – Total Cultivators, Total Agricultural Labours, Area sown more than once, Net area sown, Net irrigated area
1. Indian Development Landscape
For all the districts, the product contains information on
Education, Health, Economic Status, Infrastructure, Demography, Empowerment,
crime, and more, estimated at two points in time 2001 and 2008.
Education – Literacy rates, Gender Gaps in literacy, Primary to Upper Primary
Transition, Upper Primary to higher Transition, Pupil-Teacher ratio at the Primary
Level, Pupil-Teacher ratio at the upper primary level.
Health – Infant Mortality, Deliveries attended by skilled personnel, Immunization,
Antenatal care, Unmet need for family planning, Adoption of Modern methods of
contraception, HIV/ AIDS Awareness
Infrastructure – Percentage of Habitations connected by pucca roads, Percentage of
Households with Electricity, Percentage of Households with Telephone, No. of Bank
Branches
Empowerment – Crimes committed against women, Girls marrying below legal age,
Birth order 3 and above, Sex Ratio, Female Work Participation Rate
Economic Status – Head Count ratio, Marginal Workers as % of total population,
Work Participation Rate
Demography – Population – total, male and female, urban and rural, Households –
total, urban, rural, Population Density, Migration, SC and ST population
Environment – Wasteland areas, area affected by drought, area affected by flood
Agriculture – Total Cultivators, Total Agricultural Labours, Area sown more than
once, Net area sown, Net irrigated area
All parameters estimated at two points in time 2001-02 and 2008-09
Unit Note Category Description
% Education Total Literacy Rate. Literacy rate of
population is defined as the percentage
of literates to the total population aged
7 years and above.
Total Literacy
Rate
%
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend. Education
Percentage of literate females to total
female population aged 7 years and
above.
Female
Literacy Rate
%
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend. Education
Percentage of literate males to total
male population aged 7 years and
above.
Male Literacy
Rate
%
Education
Gender Disparity in literacy is defined
as the difference between male and
female literacy rates
Gender
Disparity in
Literacy
%
It does not take into account the
data on repeaters. Education
The percentage of pupils who drop out
before completing Vth standard in a
given school year.
Drop Out
Rate (Classes
I-V)
Ratio
For Delhi, District-wise data has not
been estimated. Value for overall
Delhi has been assigned to the
Central Delhi. Education
Primary to Upper-Primary Transition
Index = Enrolment in (VI-VIII) /
Enrolment at (I-V) in a given time
period
Primary to
Upper-
Primary
Transition
Index
2. Ratio
For Delhi, District-wise data has not
been estimated. Value for overall
Delhi has been assigned to the
Central Delhi. Education
Upper-Primary to Higher Grade
Transition Index = Enrolment in
(HS/HSS/Intermediate) / Enrolment at
(VI-VIII) in a given period
Upper-
Primary to
Higher Grade
Transition
Index
Ratio
For Delhi, District-wise data has not
been estimated. Value for overall
Delhi has been assigned to the
Central Delhi. Education
Number of pupils per teacher at
primary education level
Pupil-Teacher
Ratio
(Primary)
Ratio
For Delhi, District-wise data has not
been estimated. Value for overall
Delhi has been assigned to the
Central Delhi. Education
Number of pupils per teacher at upper-
primary education level
Pupil-Teacher
Ratio (Upper-
Primary)
Number per
1000
Health
The number of infant deaths in less
than a year of births per thousand live
births.
Infant
Mortality Rate
Number per
1000
Health
The number of children dying
before reaching fifth birthday
Under 5
Mortality Rate
%
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend. Health
Proportion of deliveries attended by
doctor/nurse/ Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
(ANM) to total delibveries either at
institution or at home
Deliveries
Attended by
Skilled
Personnel
% Not estimated for the Union
Territories because of unavailabilty
of data from National Family Health
Survey
Health
Proportion of children, between 12 to
23 months, fully immunized against six
serious but preventable diseases
namely, tuberculosis, diphtheria,
whooping cough (pertussis), tetanus,
polio and measles
Children Fully
Immunized
(12-23
months)
%
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend. Health
Proportion of currently married women
in the reproductive age group who are
neither having their menopause nor
have had a hysterectomy nor are
currently pregnant and who intent to
have additional children after two years
or later and is currently not usin
Unmet Need
For Family
Planning
%
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend. Health
Proportion of women who had received
more than three antenatal care during
pregnancy
Woman with
>3
Antenatal
Care
%
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend. Health
Percentage of currently married
women (age 15-44 years) using of
contraception by modern methods
including female sterilization, pills, IUD
(Intra Uterine Device ) or condom
Use of
Contraception
by Modern
Methods
%
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend. Health
Percentage of Women Aware of
HIV/AIDS
Awareness
Level of
Women about
HIV/AIDS
Number per
1000
Data for Union Territories was not
estimated due to unavailability of
data. Health
The Crude birth rate (CBR) is
defined as the annual number of
live births per 1,000 population.
Crude Birth
Rate
3. Number
Data for Union Territories was not
estimated due to unavailability of
data. Health
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) indicates
the average number of children
expected to be born per woman
during her entire span of
reproductive period assuming that
the age specific fertility rates, to
which she is exposed to, continue
to be the same and that there is no
mortality.
Total Fertility
Rate
%
Data for Union Territories was not
estimated due to unavailability of
data. Health
Weight-for-age is a composite
index of height-for-age and weight-
for-height. It takes into account
both acute and chronic
malnutrition. Children whose
weight-for-age is below minus two
standard deviations from the
median of the reference population
are classified as underweight.
Weight for
Age
(percentage
children (0-59
months) with
weight lower
than -2SD for
their given
age)
%
Data for Union Territories was not
estimated due to unavailability of
data. Health
Iodine is an important
micronutrient. Adequately iodised
(above 15 parts per million),
Inadequately iodised (below 15
ppm) ·
Households
using
adequate
Iodized Salt
%
Economic
Status
Percentage of population living below
the poverrty line. Poverty line is
essentially the cost of a bundle of
commodities that could provide a little
over 2400 kcal of food intake to an
average Indian living in rural areas and
2100 kcal in urban areas.
Population
Below
Poverty Line
(Range)
%
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend.
Economic
Status
Proportion of marginal workers to Total
Population. Marginal workers are
defined as workers who had not
worked for the major part of the
reference period (i.e. less than 6
months in a year)
Marginal
Workers
%
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend.
Economic
Status
Work Participation Rate (WPR) is
defined as percentage of total workers
(main+marginal) to the total population.
Main workers are those who had
worked for the major part of the
reference period (i.e. 6 months or
more). Marginal workers are workers
who ha
Work
Participation
Rate
%
The data for Union Territories of
Andaman & Nicobar, Dadra &
Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu,
Lakshadweep and Pondicherry was
not available for making
estimations. Infrastructure
Percentage of Habitations connected
by pucca road. Pucca road is defined
as all-weather road which is motorable
in all seasons of the year.
Habitations
Connected by
Pucca Roads
%
Infrastructure
Percentage of households having
electricity facility out of total
households
Households
with
Electricity
Connection
%
Infrastructure
Percentage of households having
telephone connection out of total
households
Households
with
Telephone
4. Number
Bank branches among various
districts of Delhi were distributed
according to the district-level
population density data. Infrastructure
Number of offices of the Scheduled
Commercial Banks. Scheduled
Commercial Banks in India constitute
those banks which have been included
in the Second Schedule of Reserve
Bank of India(RBI) Act, 1934.
No. of
Scheduled
Commercial
Bank
Branches
Number in
'000 Demographic
s
Number of total persons Total
Population
Number in
'000 Demographic
s
Number of total females Total
Females
Number in
'000 Demographic
s
Number of total males Total Males
Number in
'000
Urban
Demographic
s
Number of persons living in urban
areas
Total Urban
Population
Number in
'000
Rural
Demographic
s
Number of persons living in rural areas Total Rural
Population
Number in
'000
Demographic
s
Total number of households. A
household is defined as a group of
persons who normally live together and
take their meals from a common
kitchen
Total
Households
Number in
'000
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend.
Demographic
s
Total number of households living in
urban areas. A household is defined as
a group of persons who normally live
together and take their meals from a
common kitchen
Total Urban
households
Number in
'000
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend.
Demographic
s
Total number of households living in
rural areas. A household is defined as
a group of persons who normally live
together and take their meals from a
common kitchen
Total Rural
households
in '000 Sq.
Km. Demographic
s
Total geographical area covered under
the district
Area
Persons per
Sq. Km Demographic
s
Number of persons per sq. km. Population
Density
Number in
'000
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend.
Demographic
s
Number of individuals enumerated at
some other place than their usual place
of residence
Total
Migrants
Number in
'000
Demographic
s
Number of persons belong to the
Scheduled Castes
Scheduled
Caste
Population
Number in
'000
Demographic
s
Number of persons belong to the
Scheduled Tribes
Scheduled
Tribe
Population
%
Empowermen
t
Number of crime against women as
percentage to total crime. Crime
against women includes rape,
kidnapping, dowry deaths, molestation,
sexual harassment, cruelty by husband
and relatives and importation of girls.
Crime Against
Women
5. %
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend.
Empowermen
t
Percentage of girls who were below the
legal age at marriage (18 yrs) at the
time of their marriage
Under-aged
Girl Marriage
%
Estimations for Delhi were made
using All-India growth trend.
Empowermen
t
Percentage of the third and higher
order births during three years
preceding the survey
Birth Order of
3 and Above
Number
Empowermen
t
Number of females per thousand
males
Sex Ratio
%
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend.
Empowermen
t
The percentage of total female workers
(main and marginal) to total female
population. Main workers are workers
who had worked for the major part of
the reference period (i.e. 6 months or
more). Marginal workers are workers
who had not worked for the maj
Female Work
Participation
Rate
Number in
'000
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend. Agriculture
A person is classified as cultivator if he
or she is engaged in cultivation of land
owned or held from government or
from private persons or institutions for
payment in in terms of money, kind or
share.
Cultivators
Number in
'000
No Census took place in Jammu &
Kashmir in 1991, so estimations for
J & K were made using All-India
growth trend. Agriculture
Agricultural Labourer is defined as a
person who works on another person's
land for wages in money terms or kind
or share.
Agricultural
Labourers
In '000
Hectares
The data for Union Territories of
Andaman & Nicobar, Daman & Diu
and Delhi was not available for
making estimations. Agriculture
The land area on which crops are
cultivated more than once during an
agricultural year. 1 Hectare= 10,000
Sq. Meter
Area Sown
More than
Once
In '000
Hectares
The data for Union Territories of
Andaman & Nicobar, Daman & Diu
and Delhi was not available for
making estimations. Agriculture
Net Area Sown represents the total
area sown with crops and orchards.
Area sown more than once in the same
year is counted only once.
Net Area
Sown
In '000
Hectares
The data for Union Territories of
Andaman & Nicobar, Daman & Diu
and Delhi was not available for
making estimations. Agriculture
Net irrigated area is the area irrigated
through any source once in a year for a
particular crop. 1 Hectare= 10,000 Sq.
Meter
Net Irrigated
Area
in Sq. Km.
There are large annual fluctuations
in the goverment estimates of
wasteland. To provide an indicative
picture an average has been taken
for the early 2000s. Environment
Area covered under wasteland.
Wasteland areas include gullied &
ravinous land, marshy land,
waterlogged & saline land, shifting
cultivation area, mining wasteland,
glacial land, barren,steep & rocky
area,degraded forest land and
degraded grazing land
Wasteland
Areas
%
Values were not revised in the new
book. Zeros imply negligible values Environment
Proportion of area of the district
affected by drought
Area Affected
by Drought
%
Values were not revised in the new
atlas. Zeros imply negligible values Environment
Proportion of the total area of the
district affected by flood
Area Affected
by Flood
6. %
Crime
Proportion of Violent crimes as
percentage of total number of crimes.
Violent crimes include murder, attempt
to commit murder, culpable homicide
not amounting to murder, rape,
kidnapping & abduction, dacoity,
robbery, riots, arson and dowry death.
Violent
Crimes
The Region Classifications are as follows
⇒ West Includes Rajasthan, Gujarat, MP, Goa and Maharashtra
⇒ East includes Chhatisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkand, West Bengal, Sikkim and NE states
⇒ South includes A&N, Lakshwadeep, AP, TN, Kerala, Pondicherry and Karnataka
⇒ North includes UP, Uttaranchal, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, J&K, HP
The districts
Alpha Districts
State District State District State District
Delhi Delhi West Bengal Hugli Maharashtra Nanded
Maharashtra
Mumbai
(Suburban)
Andhra
Pradesh Krishna Chhattisgarh Raipur
Maharashtra Thane Haryana Gurgaon
Andhra
Pradesh West Godavari
Karnataka Bangalore Rajasthan Jaipur Karnataka Belgaum
Maharashtra Pune West Bengal Murshidabad Chandigarh Chandigarh
Maharashtra Mumbai Gujarat Rajkot Punjab Amritsar
Gujarat Ahmadabad
Andhra
Pradesh East Godavari Maharashtra Ahmadnagar
Tamil Nadu Chennai West Bengal Haora Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Gujarat Surat
Andhra
Pradesh Guntur Maharashtra Raigarh
West Bengal
North 24
Parganas Maharashtra Jalgaon Uttar Pradesh Kanpur Nagar
West Bengal Kolkata Haryana Faridabad Kerala Ernakulam
West Bengal Medinipur Gujarat Bhavnagar Jharkhand Ranchi
Andhra
Pradesh Hyderabad West Bengal Jalpaiguri
Andhra
Pradesh Kurnool
West Bengal Barddhaman West Bengal Nadia
Andhra
Pradesh Karimnagar
West Bengal
South 24
Parganas Maharashtra Kolhapur Kerala Malappuram
Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Punjab Ludhiana Maharashtra Aurangabad
Maharashtra Nagpur
Andhra
Pradesh Visakhapatnam
Andhra
Pradesh Nellore
Maharashtra Nashik Tamil Nadu Thiruvallur
Andhra
Pradesh Chittoor
Gujarat Vadodara Gujarat Jamnagar Chhattisgarh Durg
Andhra
Pradesh Rangareddi Maharashtra Solapur
Andhra
Pradesh Anantapur
7. Beta Districts
State District State District State District
Tamil Nadu Salem Bihar Patna Kerala Idukki
West Bengal Birbhum Punjab Gurdaspur West Bengal Uttar Dinajpur
Karnataka Gulbarga Uttar Pradesh Agra Rajasthan Jodhpur
Tamil Nadu Erode
Andhra
Pradesh Khammam
Andhra
Pradesh Srikakulam
Andhra
Pradesh Warangal Gujarat Surendranagar Jharkhand Purbi Singhbhum
Tamil Nadu Vellore
Andhra
Pradesh Adilabad Gujarat Banas Kantha
Goa North Goa Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli Orissa Mayurbhanj
Andhra
Pradesh Prakasam Kerala Palakkad Haryana Yamunanagar
Gujarat Junagadh Orissa Khordha Rajasthan Udaipur
Gujarat Valsad Tamil Nadu Kanniyakumari Jharkhand Bokaro
Tamil Nadu Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar Kerala Alappuzha
Karnataka Mysore Orissa Cuttack Uttar Pradesh Bijnor
Maharashtra Satara Jharkhand Dhanbad Maharashtra Buldana
Kerala Kozhikode Kerala Kollam Tamil Nadu Cuddalore
Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad Haryana Sonipat Tamil Nadu Viluppuram
Andhra
Pradesh Medak Gujarat Bharuch Karnataka Bangalore Rural
Maharashtra Sangli Uttar Pradesh Kheri Uttar Pradesh Aligarh
Kerala Thrissur Gujarat Kheda Tamil Nadu Thoothukkudi
Tamil Nadu Madurai West Bengal Darjiling Gujarat Anand
Gujarat Kachch Maharashtra Yavatmal Chhattisgarh Bilaspur
Madhya
Pradesh Indore Kerala Wayanad Uttaranchal Hardwar
Andhra
Pradesh Mahbubnagar Uttar Pradesh Bulandshahr Jharkhand
Pashchimi
Singhbhum
West Bengal Bankura Uttar Pradesh Bareilly Gujarat Sabar Kantha
Andhra
Pradesh Nalgonda Tamil Nadu Thanjavur
Jammu &
Kashmir Jammu
West Bengal Maldah Jharkhand Hazaribag Haryana Sirsa
Punjab Jalandhar Gujarat Amreli Maharashtra Latur
Karnataka
Dakshina
Kannada Rajasthan Alwar West Bengal Puruliya
Maharashtra Amravati Haryana Ambala
Andhra
Pradesh Vizianagaram
Orissa Ganjam Uttar Pradesh Moradabad Punjab Firozpur
Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli Karnataka Dharwad
Himachal
Pradesh Kangra
West Bengal Koch Bihar Kerala Kannur Maharashtra Akola
Andhra
Pradesh Cuddapah Gujarat Mahesana Karnataka Shimoga
Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar Haryana Karnal Karnataka Bagalkot
Punjab Sangrur Karnataka Tumkur
Madhya
Pradesh East Nimar
Assam Kamrup Maharashtra Chandrapur Maharashtra Bid
Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri Gujarat Gandhinagar
Uttar Pradesh Meerut Karnataka Bellary Rajasthan Sikar
Haryana Hisar
Andhra
Pradesh Nizamabad Goa South Goa
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Karnataka Kolar Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur
Punjab Patiala Haryana Panipat
Jammu &
Kashmir Srinagar