Population And Intercensal Increase And
Growth Rates Since 1951
Description
1951
1961
1972
1981
1998
Population (in
000’s)
760
854
1,186
1,528
2,376
Intercensal
Increase(percent)
12.4
38.9
28.8
55.5
Average Annual Growth
Rate (percent)
1.0
2.8
3.0
2.6
Rural & Urban Distribution
The
urban population was 542,391 or 22.8 percent of the total population of
the district which grew at an average rate of 2.9 percent during 1981-98
and had decreased from 4.8 percent observed during 1972-81. There are
three municipal committees and six town committees in the district
There
were 637 Mauzas (a smallest revenue unit) in 1998, of which 103 had population
over 5 thousand, 210 had 2 to 5 thousand, 110 had 1 to 2 thousand, 201
had under one thousand person while 13 were un-inhabited.
