Geographical Profile

2

Administrative set up

Revenue Divisions

4

4

6

6

6

Districts

26

26

28

31

31

Tahsils

229

235

301

303

325

Inhabited Villages

35851

35778

39354

40412

41251

Un-Inhabited Villages

3016

2883

2479

2613

2613

Towns

266

289

307

336

336

3

Population as per Census ( In thousand )

1961

1971

1981

1991

1/03/

1997

@

Total

39554

50412

62784

78937

87883

Males

20429

26116

32415

40826

45425

Females

19125

24296

30369

38111

42458

Rural

28391

34701

40791

48395

51888

Urban

11163

15711

21993

30542

35995

Scheduled Castes

2227

3177

4480

8758

N.A

Scheduled Tribes

2397

3841

5772

7318

N.A

Density of

Population

(per sq.km)

129

164

204

257

286

Literacy rate ( % )

35.1

45.8

55.8

64.9

N.A

Sex ratio (Female per thousand males)

936

930

937

934

935

Percentage of urban population

28.22

31.17

35.03

38.69

40.96

4

State Income - ( At current prices )

State Income (Crore Rs.)

1597

3876

15163

58.137 *

152129 +

Primary Sector (Crore Rs.)

668

1109

4261

13.647

32444 +

Secondary Sector (Crore Rs.)

422

1325

5321

19488

50929 +

Tertiary Sector (Crore Rs.)

507

1442

5581

25002

68756 +

Per capita Income (Rs.)

409

783

2435

7439 *

17295 +

5

Agriculture - (Thousand Hectares.)

Net area sown

17878

17668

18299

18565

17876

Gross cropped area

18823

18737

19642

21859

21662

Gross irrigated area

1220

1570

2415

3319

3338

Percentage of gross irrigated area to gross cropped area.

6.5

8.4

12.3

15.2

15.4

6

Area under principal crops ( In thousand hectares)

Rice

1300

1352

1459

1597

1478

Wheat

907

812

1063

867

799

Jowar

6284

5703

6469

6300

5692

Bajri

1635

2039

1534

1940

1947

All cereals

10606

10320

10976

11136

10468

All pulses

2349

2566

2715

3257

3325

All food grains

12955

12886

13691

14393

13793

Sugarcane Area

155

204

319

536

619

Sugarcane Harvested area

N.A

167

258

442

516

Cotton

2500

2750

2550

2721

3085

Groundnut

1083

904

695

864

576

7

Production of Principal crops - ( In thousand tonnes)

Rice

1369

1662

2315

2344

2614

Wheat

401

440

886

909

1167

Jowar

4224

1557

4409

5929

6241

Bajri

489

824

697

1115

1831

All cereals

6755

4737

8647

10740

12552

All pulses

989

677

825

1441

2037

All food grains

7744

5414

9472

12181

14589

Sugarcane

10404

14433

23706

38154

41805

Cotton(Lint)

288

82

208

319

534

Groundnut

800

586

451

979

756

8

Index number of agricultural production @ -

-

-

-

136.5

160.7

9

Agriculture Census-

-

1970

-1971

1980

-1981

1985

-1986

1990

-1991

Number of operational holding (In Thousand )

-

4951

6863

8101

9470

Area of operational holding (In thousand hectares )

-

21179

21362

21352

20925

Average size of operational holding (Hectare)

-

428

311

264

221

10

Live Stock Census

Total livestock( in thousand)

26048

25449

29642

34255

36393

Total poultry (In thousand)

10577

9902

18751

24839

32187

Tractor

1427

3274

12917

34529

47251

11

Forest Area (Sq.Km.)

63544

62311

64222

63798

63809

12

Factories - @ @

(1960)

(1970)

(1980)

(1990)

(1996)

Working Factories

8010

9803

15170

23410

27668

Average daily employment
(in thousand)

746

952

1177

1163

1279

Employment per lack
of population

1886

2031

1958

1483

1463

13

Electricity - (Million kWh)

Total generation

3268

9134

18751

37311

54037

Total consumption

2720

7650

14034

30775

47092

Industrial consumption

1853

5312

8130

14706

18119

Agricultural consumption

15

356

1723

6604

14115

Domestic consumption

260

732

1779

5065

8349

16

Health

(1961)

(1971)

(1981)

(1991)

(1996)

Hospital

N.A

299

530

768

741

Dispensaries

N.A

1372

1776

1896

1423

Beds per lack of population @

N.A

88

114

144

143

Birth rate @ (**)

347

284

285

262

232

Death rate @ (**)

138

100

96

82

74

Infant mortality rate @ (+)

86

65

79

60

48

17

Transport

Railway route length (Km)

5056

5226

5223

5434

55545

Road length (Km)

Total

39241

65364

141131

172965

187575

Surface

24852

35853

66616

132048

157394

Motor vehicle(In thousand)

100

312

805

2641

3942

18

Co-operation -

Primary agricultural credit societies

21400

20420

18577

19565

20104

Membership (In thousand)

2170

3794

5416

7942

8930

Total NO. Co. Op. Societies

31565

42597

60747

104620

136785

Total members (In thousand)

4191

8581

14783

26903

36505

Working capital (Rs. in crores)

291

1490

5210

24283

55210

19

Local Bodies

Zilla Parishads

25

25

25

29

29

Gram Panchayats

21636

22300

24281

25827

27620

Panchayat Samiti

295

296

296

298

317

Municipal Councils

219

221

220

228

231

Municipal Corporations

3

4

5

11

14

Cantonment Boards

7

7

7

7

7