The Union government on Friday (July 3) released the
socio-economic and caste census, saying its findings will help it in
identifying key reasons behind poverty in the country. The first ever
Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) released after 80 years on the lines of
the 1931 census. It was released by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New
Delhi. The census showed that only 4.6 per cent of rural households in the
country paid income tax while there were about 10 per cent such households with
salaried income. According to the census There are 24.39 crore total number of
households in the country, of which 17.91 crore live in villages. Of these,
10.69 crore households are considered as deprived. 50 percent or 5.37 crore
deprived households in rural areas are landless and depends on manual labour
for livelihood. House hold size: Average size of a rural Indian household is
4.93.
Union Minister for Rural Development Birender Singh said the
census will help in implementing policies on household growth.
"We have extracted a reliable data for rural household
through the first ever socio-economic caste census. We are on the point of a
big development shift," Singh said.
Highest in Uttar Pradesh at 6.26.
Lowest in Andhra Pradesh at 3.86.
Male dominance: majority of 87 per cent households is
male-headed.
Nearly 13 per cent do have a female head
In rural areas of
Rajasthan, around 91 per cent households are headed by men.
In Kerala 26 per cent are women-headed households (highest
among the states)
Literacy: Over one-third of population living in rural areas
is illiterate
Higher literacy in
terms of percentage is in Kerala (88.62), Delhi (86.42), Goa (84.58), Sikkim
(79.88) and Himachal Pradesh (77.95). Lowest literacy is in Rajasthan (58),
Madhya Pradesh (44.19), Bihar (43.85), Telangana (40.42) and Chattisgarh
(39.59).
SC and ST
Population:Large proportion of the households across the country belong to the
SC and ST category i.e. about 30 per cent of rural households.
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