India : Urbanization (Part – II)

As per Census 2011, the correct descending order of urbanization level of given Union Territories is as follows: Delhi (97.5%)>Chandigarh (97.3%) > Lakshadweep (78.1%) > Daman & Diu (75.2%).

As per Census 2011, Daman & Diu has the lowest number of villages among the given Union Territories. The number of villages located there is only 25. In comparison, there are 27 villages in Lakshadweep, 70 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 95 in Puducherry. It is noteworthy that least number of villages among all Union Territories is in Chandigarh (12).

Statements 1 and 3 are correct while statements 2 and 4 are incorrect because according to the provisional data of Census 2011, the rural and urban population was 68.84 percent and 31.16 percent, respectively. Also in 2001, the rural population was 72.19%, not 71.19%.

According to the Census 2001, the percentage of rural population in India was 72.2%. While, according to the final data of Census 2011, the percentage of rural population in India is 68.9 percent.

According to the Census 2011, Himachal Pradesh has the highest proportion of rural population (90.0)%, while Bihar (88.7%), Assam (85.9%), Odisha (83.3%), Meghalaya (79.9%) and Uttar Pradesh (77.7%) rank second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively in terms of rural population percentage. The proportion of rural population in the State of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are 75.1% and 72.4 percent, respectively.

As per Census 2011, the rural and urban population among the given States are as follows:

Thus, among the given States (and in all Indian States) Uttar Pradesh has the largest rural population, while in terms of population percentage, Himachal Pradesh (90%) has the largest percentage of rural population in India.

According to the Census 2001 and 2011, the percentage of rural population to their total population in the given States is as follows:

As per Census 2001 and 2011, Himachal Pradesh has the highest percentage of rural population among all States.

As per Census 2011, percentages of child population in rural areas in given States are as follows:

As per Census 2011, the child sex-ratio (0-6 years) in rural and urban areas among the given States is as follows:

Thus, among the given States, Haryana has the lowest child sex-ratio both in rural and urban areas. In fact, among all Indian States/UTs, Haryana has the lowest total and urban child sex-ratio, while Delhi has the lowest rural child sex- ratio (814).

According to Census 2001 and National Sample Survey (NSS) 76th Round (July-December 2018) data, the percentage of rural population living in pucca houses in given States is as follows:

As per the data of NSS-76th Round, among the households living in houses, about 76.7 percent of the households in rural areas and about 96.0 percent of the households in the urban areas (83.3 percent at all-India level) had the house of pucca structure.