Population of Rajasthan : According to Census 2011

History of Census

• Ancient period :-
  • Information about the census conducted in India in 800-600 BC is available from the early literature ‘Rigveda’.
  • Information about the census conducted in the Maurya period is available from ‘Arthashastra’ written by Chanakya.
• Middle period : Information about the census conducted during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar in the Mughal period is available from ‘Ain-e-Akbari’ written by Abul Fazal.
• The first modern census in India was conducted in 1872 AD during the rule of Governor General Lord Mayo.
• The first systematic and decadal census in India was conducted on 17 February 1881 by the Census Commissioner of India ‘W.C. Plowden’ during the rule of Lord Ripon.
• The first caste census was conducted in India in 1931 AD.
• The “Population Census Act” was passed in India in 1948 AD.
• In 1993, the “National Population Commission” was formed in India.
• Census in India is a subject of the Union List.
• Census is included in the 7th Schedule of the Constitution.
• Census is conducted by the ‘Census Department’ of the Home Ministry of India.

General information of Census 2011

• According to the sequence, this is the 15^th census of India. (1872-2011)-
  • 1872
  • 1881
  • 1891
  • 1901
  • 1911
  • 1921
  • 1931
  • 1941
  • 1951
  • 1961
  • 1971
  • 1981
  • 1991
  • 2001
  • 2011
• According to the systematic and decennial census, this is the 14^th census of India. (1881-2011)
• This is the 7^th census of India after independence. (1951-2011)-
• This is the second census of the 21^st century-
• Total cost : Rs 2200 crore
• Per capita cost : Rs 18.19
• Total districts included : 640
• Districts included in Rajasthan : 33
• Mascot : Enumerator teacher
• Motto : “Our census, our future”
• For the first time in India-
  • ‘National Population Register’ was created.
  • House census was done.
  • Eunuchs were included in the census and they were included in the male category.
• Caste census was conducted for the second time in India.
• It was completed in two phases-
  • First phase : 15 May to 30 June, 2010
  • Second phase : 9 February to 28 February, 2011

Population of Rajasthan

• Total population of India: 121.085 crores
• Rajasthan has 1% of the total population of the world.
• Rajasthan has 5.67% of the total population of India.
• According to the Census 2011, Rajasthan ranks 8th in India in terms of population. But after the division of Andhra Pradesh, it is currently ranked 7th.
• Infant population (0-6 years) is 15.56% of the total population of Rajasthan.

Population of Rajasthan (Male + Female)

	2001	2011	2021 (Estimated)	2031 (Estimated)
Male	2.94 Cr.	3.55 Cr. (51.86 % )	4.08 Cr.	4.44 Cr.
Female	2.71 Cr.	3.30 Cr. (48.14 %)	3.85 Cr.	4.28 Cr.
Total	5.65 Cr.	6.85 Cr. (100 %)	7.93 Cr.	8.72 Cr.

Districts with highest and lowest population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Population (Lakh)	Lowest	Population (Lakh)
1	Jaipur	66.26	Jaisalmer	6.69
2	Jodhpur	36.87	Pratapgarh	8.67
3	Alwar	36.74	Sirohi	10.36
4	Nagaur	33.07	Bundi	11.10
5	Udaipur	30.68	Rajsamand	11.56

Population of Rajasthan (Urban + Rural)

	2011
Total Population	6.85 Cr. (100 %)
Urban Population	1.70 Cr. (24.9 %)
Rural Population	5.15 Cr. (75.1 %)

Districts with highest and lowest urban population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Lowest
1	Jaipur	Pratapgarh
2	Jodhpur	Dungarpur
3	Kota	Jaisalmer
4	Ajmer	Banswara

Districts with highest and lowest rural population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Lowest
1	Jaipur	Jaisalmer
2	Alwar	Kota
3	Nagaur	Pratapgarh
4	Udaipur	Sirohi

Districts with highest and lowest percentage of urban and rural population in Rajasthan

	Highest	Lowest
Urban population percentage	Kota	Dungarpur
Rural population percentage	Dungarpur	Kota

Child Population in Rajasthan (0-6 Age Group)

Child Population in Rajasthan (0-6 Age Group)

	2001	2011
Boys	52.34 %	52.83 %
Girls	47.66 %	47.17 %
Total Population	100 % (107 Lakh)	100 % (106 Lakh)

Child population (0-6 age group) in urban areas of Rajasthan

	2001	2011
Boys	52.98 %	53.37 %
Girls	47.02 %	46.63 %
Total Population	100 % (20.64 Lakh)	100 % (22.35 Lakh)

Population growth rate in Rajasthan

• The increase in population per 100 persons in a given place in a given time (10 years) is called ‘population growth rate’.
• The decadal population growth rate in Rajasthan is 21.30%.
  • The rural population growth rate is 19%.
  • The urban population growth rate is 29%.
• The decade with the highest negative population growth rate in Rajasthan is 1911-21. In which the decadal population growth rate of Rajasthan was -6.29%. The reasons for which are as follows-
  • Plague epidemic
  • First World War
  • Beginning of national movements
• The decade of 1911-21 is also called the ‘population dividing decade’.
• The decade of 1951-81 in Rajasthan is called the ‘population explosive decade’. In which the highest growth rate of population of Rajasthan occurred in 1971-81, which increased by 32.97%.
• The highest increase in population of Rajasthan was recorded in 1991-2001.
• Main factors of population growth-
  • High birth rate
  • Minimum death rate
  • Immigration.

Districts of Rajasthan with the highest and lowest decadal population growth rate

S. No.	Highest	Population growth rate	Lowest	Population growth rate
1	Barmer	32.5 %	Sri Ganganagar	10 %
2	Jaisalmer	31.8 %	Jhunjhunu	11.7 %
3	Jodhpur	27.7 %	Pali	11.9 %
4	Banswara	26.58 %	Bundi	15.4 %

Districts with the highest rural and urban population growth rate in Rajasthan

S. No.	Rural	Urban
1	Jaisalmer	Alwar
2	Barmer	Dausa
3	Banswara	Baran

Districts with lowest rural and urban population growth rate in Rajasthan

S. No.	Rural	Urban
1	Kota	Dungarpur
2	Sri Ganganagar	Pratapgarh
3	Jhunjhunu	Hanumangarh

Population density in Rajasthan

• The population living per square kilometer is called ‘population density’.
• In 2001, the total population density of Rajasthan was 165 persons per square kilometer.
• In 2011, the total population density of Rajasthan is 200 persons per square kilometer.
• There are a total of 3 districts in Rajasthan with a population density of less than 100-
  1. Jaisalmer
  2. Bikaner
  3. Barmer
• The lowest population density is found in desert districts (western Rajasthan).

Districts with highest and lowest population density in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Population density	Lowest	Population density
1	Jaipur	595	Jaisalmer	17
2	Bharatpur	503	Bikaner	78
3	Dausa	476	Barmer	92
4	Alwar	438	Churu	147

Sex ratio in Rajasthan

• Sex ratio : The number of women per thousand men is called sex ratio.

Sex ratio in Rajasthan

Sex Ratio	2001	2011	Growth
Overall Average	911	928	+ 7
Urban Area	890	914	+ 24
Rural Area	930	933	+ 3

Districts with highest and lowest sex ratio in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Sex Ratio	Lowest	Sex Ratio
1	Dungarpur	994	Dholpur	846
2	Rajsamand	990	Jaisalmer	852
3	Pali	987	Karauli	861
4	Pratapgarh	983	Bharatpur	880

Districts with highest and lowest urban sex ratio in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Sex Ratio	Lowest	Sex Ratio
1	Tonk	985	Jaisalmer	807
2	Banswara	964	Dholpur	864
3	Pratapgarh	963	Alwar	872
4	Dungarpur	951	Sri Ganganagar	878
5	Rajsamand	948	Bharatpur	887

Districts with highest and lowest rural sex ratio in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Sex Ratio	Lowest	Sex Ratio
1	Pali	1003	Dholpur	841
2	Rajsamand	998	Karauli	856
3	Dungarpur	996	Jaisalmer	859

Reasons for highest and lowest sex ratio

S. No.	Reasons for highest sex ratio	Reasons for lowest sex ratio
1	Lower per capita income.	Higher per capita income
2	Lack of technical knowledge and facilities.	Availability of technical knowledge and facilities.
3	Low literacy rate.	High literacy rate.
4	Having a joint family system.	Having a nuclear family system.
5	Dowry system is not prevalent.	Prevalence of the dowry system.

Child sex ratio (0-6 years) in Rajasthan

• Child sex ratio (0-6 years) : The number of girls per thousand boys is called child sex ratio.

Child sex ratio (0-6 years) in Rajasthan

Child Sex Ratio	2001	2011	Decrease
Overall Average	909	888	– 21
Urban Area	887	874	– 13
Rural Area	914	892	– 22

Districts with highest and lowest child sex ratio in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Child Sex Ratio	Lowest	Child Sex Ratio
1	Banswara	934	Jhunjhunu	837
2	Pratapgarh	933	Sikar	848
3	Bhilwara	928	Karauli	852
4	Udaipur	924	Sri Ganganagar	854

Districts with highest and lowest urban child sex ratio in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Child Sex Ratio	Lowest	Child Sex Ratio
1	Nagaur	907	Dholpur	841
2	Bikaner	906	Sri Ganganagar	842
3	Bhilwara	904	Dausa	847
4	Baran	901	Alwar	851
5	Churu	899	Bharatpur	852

Districts with highest and lowest rural child sex ratio in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Child Sex Ratio	Lowest	Child Sex Ratio
1	Banswara	937	Jhunjhunu	832
2	Pratapgarh	936	Sikar	843
3	Bhilwara	933	Karauli	850

Literacy rate

• Literacy : A person above the age of 6 years who is able to read or write in any language is called ‘literate’.
• Literacy rate has decreased in Barmer and Churu and literacy rate has increased in all the remaining districts.
• The difference between male and female literacy rate is the highest in India.
• Rajasthan has 19 districts with literacy rate less than the average literacy rate (66.11%).

Literacy rate in Rajasthan

	1961	2001	2011
Literacy Rate	18.12 %	60.40 %	66.11 %
Male Literacy Rate			79.2 %
Female Literacy Rate			52.2 %

Districts with highest and lowest literacy rate in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Literacy Rate	Lowest	Literacy Rate
1	Kota	76.6 %	Jalore	54.9 %
2	Jaipur	75.5 %	Sirohi	55.3 %
3	Jhunjhunu	74.1 %	Pratapgarh	56.0 %
4	Sikar	71.9 %	Banswara	56.3 %

Districts with highest and lowest male literacy rate in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Male Literacy Rate	Lowest	Male Literacy Rate
1	Jhunjhunu	86.9 %	Pratapgarh	69.5 %
2	Kota	86.3 %	Banswara	69.5 %
3	Jaipur	86.1 %	Sirohi	70.0 %
4	Sikar	85.1 %	Jalore	70.7 %

Districts with highest and lowest female literacy rate in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Female Literacy Rate	Lowest	Female Literacy Rate
1	Kota	65.9 %	Jalore	38.5 %
2	Jaipur	64.0 %	Jaisalmer	39.7 %
3	Jhunjhunu	61.0 %	Sirohi	39.7 %
4	Sri Ganganagar	59.7 %	Barmer	40.6 %

Urban Literacy Rate in Rajasthan

Urban Literacy Rate in Rajasthan

	1961	2001	2011
Urban Literacy Rate	44.50 %	76.20 %	79.70 %
Urban Male Literacy Rate			87.9 %
Urban Female Literacy Rate			70.7 %

Districts with highest and lowest urban literacy rate in Rajasthan (Male + Female)

	Highest	Lowest
Urban Literacy Rate	Udaipur	Nagaur
Urban Male Literacy Rate	Udaipur	Dholpur
Urban Female Literacy Rate	Udaipur	Jalore

Districts with highest and lowest urban literacy rate in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Literacy Rate	Lowest	Literacy Rate
1	Udaipur	87.5 %	Nagaur	70.6 %
2	Banswara	85.2 %	Jalore	71.1 %
3	Pratapgarh	84.8 %	Churu	72.6 %
4	Dungarpur	84.4 %	Dholpur	72.7 %
5	Ajmer	83.9 %	Carauli	72.8 %

Rural Literacy Rate in Rajasthan

Rural Literacy Rate in Rajasthan

	1961	2001	2011
Rural Literacy Rate	12.90 %	55.30 %	61.40 %
Rural Male Literacy Rate			76.2 %
Rural Female Literacy Rate			45.8 %

Districts with highest and lowest rural literacy rate in Rajasthan (Male + Female)

	Highest	Lowest
Rural Literacy Rate	Jhunjhunu	Sirohi
Rural Male Literacy Rate	Jhunjhunu	Sirohi
Rural Female Literacy Rate	Jhunjhunu	Sirohi

Scheduled Caste Population in Rajasthan

• In 2 districts of Rajasthan, the population of scheduled castes is more than 25%. For example-
  • Sri Ganganagar
  • Hanumangarh
• In 12 districts of Rajasthan, the population of scheduled castes is more than 20%.

	2011
Total Population	92.38 Lakh
Percentage of total population	13.5 %
Sex ratio	948

Districts with highest and lowest Scheduled Caste population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Lowest
1	Jaipur	Dungarpur
2	Sri Ganganagar	Pratapgarh
3	Nagaur	Banswara

Districts with highest and lowest percentage of Scheduled Caste population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Lowest
1	Sri Ganganagar	Dungarpur
2	Hunmangarh	Banswara
3	Karauli	Udaipur

Scheduled Tribe Population in Rajasthan

• In total 3 districts of Rajasthan, the population of Scheduled Tribes is more than 50 or 60%. Like-
  1. Banswara
  2. Dungarpur
  3. Pratapgarh
• Total districts of Rajasthan
  1. Banswara
  2. Dungarpur
  3. Pratapgarh
  4. Sirohi
  5. Udaipur

	2011
Total Population	122.21 लाख
Percentage of total population	17.8 %
Sex Ratio	923

Districts with highest and lowest ST population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Lowest
1	Udaipur	Bikaner
2	Banswara	Nagaur
3	Dungarpur	Churu

Districts with highest and lowest percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in Rajasthan

S. No.	Highest	Lowest
1	Banswara	Nagaur
2	Dungarpur	Bikaner
3	Pratapgarh	Churu

Population of different religions in Rajasthan

S. No.	Religion	Percentage	Highest population	Highest Percentage
1	Hindu	88.49	Jaipur	Dausa
2	Muslim	9.07	Jaipur	Jaisalmer
3	Sikh	1.27	Sri Ganganagar	Sri Ganganagar
4	Jain	0.91	Jaipur	Udaipur
5	Christian	0.14	Banswara	Banswara
6	Buddhist	0.02	Alwar	Alwar

Largest cities of Rajasthan in terms of population

• In terms of population, the largest city in Rajasthan is Jaipur (30.46 lakh). While Banswara (1.01 lakh) is the smallest city.

Largest cities of Rajasthan in terms of population

S. No.	Cities	Population
1	Jaipur	30.46 Lakh
2	Jodhpur	11.38 Lakh
3	Kota	10.02 Lakh
4	Bikaner	6.44 Lakh

Urbanization districts of Rajasthan

The most and least urbanized districts in Rajasthan in terms of urban population

S. No.	Highest	Urban Population	Lowest	Urban Population
1	Kota	60.31 %	Dungarpur	6.39 %
2	Jaipur	52.40 %	Barmer	6.98 %
3	Ajmer	40.08 %	Banswara	7.10 %
4	Jodhpur	34.30 %	Pratapgarh	8.27 %
5	Bikaner	33.86 %	Jalore	8.30 %

Population policy

• Population Policy of Rajasthan State : 20 January, 2000
• National Population Policy : 15 February, 2000
• Objectives of Population Policy-
  1. Immediate : To provide contraceptive and health facilities.
  2. Medium term : To bring the total fertility rate (TFR) to 2.1 by 2010.
  3. Long term : To achieve the goal of stable population by 2045.