Population Geography

Vipin Solanki

Topic- Population data on HARYANA. ( urbanisation, literacy, assetless population)

Source : census of India 2011

Haryana is a state in northwest India between 27o 37' to30o 35' latitudes and between 74o 28' to 77o 36' longitudesand with an altitude between 700 to 3600 feet above sea level.It was carved out off the Indian state of Punjab on 1st Nov.1966. It is bounded by Uttar Pradesh in east, Punjab in west,Himachal Pradesh in north and Rajasthan in south.

River Yamuna acts as the eastern division for administrativepurpose. Haryana state stretches for about 44212 sqKmswith just 1.37 percent of total geographical area and less than2 percent of India's population. Since it surrounds Delhi in thenorthern, western and southern sides, a large area of state isincluded in National Capital Region (N.C.R.).

HARYANA GEOGRAPHY

Haryana PopulationDensity

21 Districts

Urbanisation refers to general increase in populationand amount of industrialisation of a settlement. It is a processthat leads to growth of cities due to industrialization andeconomic development and also leads to specific changes inspecialization labour divison and human behaviour .

Urbanisation symbolizes the movement of people from ruralto urban areas . According to Anderson, urbanization is not aone way process but it has a two way process. It involvesnot only movement from villages to cities but change fromagricultural occupations to business, trade, service and achange in the migrants attitudes, believes, values andbehavioural pattern.

Trewartha (1969) considers urbanization as a cyclicalprocess through which the nations pass as they evolve fromagrarian to industrial societies.Kingslay Davis (1965) defines urbanization as aprogressive concentration of population in urban units.

Haryana Urbanisation

STATE/DISTRICT URBANISATION RATE (%)

HARYANA 34.79

FARIDABAD 79.44

GURGAON 68.82

PANCHKULA 54.87

PANIPAT 44.97

AMBALA 44.38

ROHTAK 42.02

YAMUNANAGAR 38.94

HISAR 31.73

SONEPAT 30.52

KARNAL 30.27

KURUKSHETRA 28.98

REWARI 25.82

Haryana – Urbanisation rate 2011

Source : census of India 2011

JHAJJAR 25.39

SIRSA 24.75

JIND 22.82

PALWAL 22.65

KAITHAL 21.97

BHIWANI 19.80

FATEHABAD 19.05

MAHENDRGARH 14.43

MEWAT 11.38

Source : census of India 2011

HARYANA LITERACY

• Literacy and level of education are basic indicators of the level of development achieved by a society. Spread of literacy is generally associated with important traits of modern civilization such as modernization, urbanization, industrialization, communication and commerce. Literacy forms an important input in overall development of individuals enabling them to comprehend their social, political and cultural environment better and respond to it appropriately. Higher levels of education and literacy lead to a greater awareness and also contributes in improvement of economic and social conditions. It acts as a catalyst for social upliftment enhancing the returns on investment made in almost every aspect of development effort, be it population control, health, hygiene, environmental degradation control, employment of weaker sections of the society.

•The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.

HARYANA LITERACY RATESTATE / DISTRICT 2001 2011

HARYANA 67.9 76.6

PANCHKULA 74.0 83.4

AMBALA 75.3 82.9

YAMUNANAGAR 71.6 78.9

KURUKSHETRA 69.9 76.7

KAITHAL 59.0 70.6

KARNAL 67.7 76.4

PANIPAT 69.2 77.5

SONIPAT 72.8 80.8

JIND 62.1 72.7

Source : census of India 2011

PALWAL 59.2 70.3

FATEHABAD 58.0 69.1

SIRSA 60.6 70.4

HISAR 64.8 73.2

BHIWANI 67.4 76.7

ROHTAK 73.7 80.4

JHAJJAR 72.4 80.8

MAHENDRAGARH 69.9 78.9

REWARI 75.2 82.2

GURGAON 78.5 84.4

MEWAT 43.5 56.1

FARIDABAD 76.3 83.0

Source : census of India 2011

HARYANA ASSETLESS POPULATION

• Assetless population are the households that “don’t own any of the assets listed on the census forms – that means no phone, no TV, no radio, no vehicle, on internet, no of any kind…,” a category that encompasses 18 percent of Indian households nationwide

• Source: census of India 2011

HARYNA ASSETLESS POPULATIONSTATE/DISTRICT TOTAL HOUSEHOLD ASSETLESS %

HARYANA 47,17,954 4,41,696 9.36

PANCHKULA 1,10,236 6,344 5.75

AMBALA 2,08,071 9,322 4.48

YAMUNANAGAR 2,28,163 15,454 6.77

KURUKSHETRA 1,79,391 10,391 5.79

KAITHAL 2,00,221 20,380 10.17

KARNAL 2,84,551 24,361 8.5

PANIPAT 2,20,388 19,339 8.77

SONIPAT 2,69,658 26,208 9.7

JIND 2,44,582 23,539 9.6

FATEHABAD 1,76,094 19,533 11

SIRSA 2,40,217 24,103 10

Source : census of India 2011

STATE/DITRICT TOTAL HOUSEHOLD ASSETLESS %

HISAR 3,25,046 33,016 10.15

BHIWANI 3,08,812 39,501 12.7

ROHTAK 2,02,933 17,642 8.69

JHAJJAR 1,83,400 17,509 9.5

MAHENDRAGARH 1,68,525 22,513 13.3

REWARI 1,69,128 16,420 9.7

GURGAON 3,20,642 22,501 7

MEWAT 1,57,020 32,443 20.6

FARIDABAD 3,53,066 17,981 5

PALWAL 1,67,810 23,376 13.93

Source : census of India 2011