Punjab population touches 2.77 crores

The population of Punjab has been recorded as 27,704,236 (2.77 crores) out of which 17,316,800 (17.31 crores) are rural and 10,387,436 (10.38 crores) are urban according to Provisional Population Totals of Census 2011. As such, 62.51% of the population in the State is residing in rural areas and 37.49% in urban areas.

Releasing district level provisional totals on rural-urban distribution of population of Punjab for Census 2011, Mrs. Seema Jain, , Director Census Operations, Punjab said that the share of urban population has increased to 37.49 per cent in 2011 as compared to 33.92 per cent in 2001. 

During 2001-2011, urban population in the State has recorded a growth rate of 25.72 per cent which is more than three times that of the rural growth rate of 7.58%. Of all the districts in the State, Ludhiana (59.14%), SAS Nagar(55.17%), Amritsar (53.64%) and Jalandhar (53.18%) are predominantly urban having more than one-half of their population living in urban areas. Every fifth (19.86%) urban dweller in Punjab is residing in Ludhiana district. SAS Nagar (55.17) is the second most urbanized district in the State.

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OVER 60% PUNJAB POPULATION RESIDES IN RURAL AREAS

Over 60 per cent of the population in Punjab resides in rural areas although the share of urban population has gone up in the last one decade, according to official data.

"Of the 27,704,236 people living in Punjab, 17,316,800 (62.7 per cent) live in rural area whereas 10,387,436 (37.49) are in urban places," Census Operations Director Seema Jain said. She said the share of urban population has increased to 37.49 per cent in 2011 as compared to 33.92 per cent in 2001. The literacy rate in the state also increased from 69.65 per cent in 2001 to 76.68 per cent in 2011, Jain said.

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Numbers in villages shrink- Cities growing 4 times faster than rural areas: Census report

The population in Punjab cities is growing almost four times faster than that in the villages.The population has touched 27,704,236 (2.77 crore) of which 17,316,800 (62.51 per cent) live in the rural areas and 10,387,436 (37.49 per cent) in urban areas, according to the census data released officially here today.

Alarmingly, the population in urban areas has grown by 25.72 per cent as compared to an increase of only 7.58 per cent in rural areas over the last decade.This indicates rapid migration from villages to urban areas. This is likely to have an impact on the voting pattern in urban areas.

Director, Census Operations, Seema Jain, said the share of urban population had increased to 37.49 per cent in 2011 as compared to 33.92 per cent in 2001. Ludhiana district recorded the highest growth at 59.14 percent, followed by SAS Nagar (Mohali) at 55.17 per cent, Amritsar 53.64 per cent and Jalandhar 53.18 per cent.

Every fifth urban dweller in Punjab is living in Ludhiana district.

Mohali’s growth is linked to its proximity to the state capital of Chandigarh and availability of better civic amenities. Jalandhar and Amritsar have apparently grown on account of migration from small towns and villages. Tarn Taran, that has 12.63 per cent of the state’s population, is the least urbanised district.

Punjab literacy rate has touched 76.68 pe rcent as compared to 69.65 per cent in 2001. Rural literacy for males has gone up from 71.05 per cent in 2001 to 77.92 per cent in 2011, an increase of 6.87 per cent, and the literacy rate for females has increased from 57.72 per cent in 2001 to 66.47 in 2011.

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