Jharkhand: Rural Population as per Census 2011

Jagran Josh

15-JUL-2013 12:15

Out of the entire population of the Jharkhand state, 75.95% people reside in rural areas as per Census 2011. 25,055,073 people out of the total population live in rural area in which the number of males is 12,776,486 and females are 12,278,587.

In rural areas, the female sex ratio was 961 females per 1000 males. The total number of children between 0-6 years living in rural areas was 4,367,507. Average literacy rate in rural areas was 61.11%, however the total literates were 12,643,078.

Top 5 Districts of Jharkhand having highest Rural population

Rank	District	Rural Population	Percentage of Rural population of the district to the total population of the district
1	Giridih	2,237,450	91.4%
2	Palamu	1,713,866	88.3%
3	Ranchi	1,656,918	56.8%
4	Hazaribagh	1,459,188	84.1%
5	Pashchimi Singhbhum	1,284,304	85.4%

Bottom 5 Districts of Jharkhand having lowest Rural population

Rank	District	Rural Population	Percentage of Rural population of the district to the total population of the district
1	Lohardaga	404,379	87.5%
2	Khunti	486,903	91.5%
3	Ramgarh	530,488	55.8%
4	Simdega	556,634	92.8%
5	Kodarma	575,013	80.2

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