BASIC INDICATORS
| Punjab-at-a-glance-2004-05 | |||
| Basic Statistics of Punjab | |||
| SN. | Item | Unit | Number |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Administrative Structure | ||
| Area(Census-2001) | Sq.Km. | 50362 | |
| Area under Forests |
Sq.Km.
|
3055
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|
| Divisions | No. | 4 | |
| Districts | No. | 17 | |
| Sub-Divisions | No. | 72 | |
| Tehsils | No. | 72 | |
| Sub-Tehsils | No. | 81 | |
| Blocks | No. | 141 | |
| Towns | No. | 145 | |
| Cities $ | No. | 14 | |
| Inhabited Villages | No. | 12278 | |
| 2 | Population (Census-2001)* | ||
| (i)Total Population | Lakhs | 243.59 | |
| (ii)Rural Population | Lakhs | 160.96 | |
| (iii)Percentage of rural to total population | % | 66.08 | |
| (iv)Urban Population | Lakhs | 82.63 | |
| (v)Percentage to total population | % | 33.92 | |
| (vi)Density | Perr Sq.K.m. | 484 | |
| (vii)Literate and Educated Persons | No. | 14756970 | |
| (viii)Literacy | % | 69.7** | |
| (ix)Female per 1000 male | No. | 876 | |
| (x)Female per 1000 male in (0-6) age group |
No.
|
798
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3
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State Income | ||
| (i) Growth Rate 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 |
% % % |
6.29 5.39 5.38 |
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| (ii) Gross State Domestic Product (at current prices) 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 |
Rs. Crores Rs. Crores Rs. Crores |
81147 88835 95444 |
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| (iii) Gross State Domestic Product (at constant prices) 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 |
Rs. Crores Rs. Crores Rs. Crores |
46049 48532 51142 |
|
| (iv) Per Capita Income (at current prices) 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 |
Rs Rs Rs |
30892 34331 36414 |
|
| (v) Per Capita Income (at constant prices) 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 |
Rs Rs Rs |
17531 18851 19512 |
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| 4 | Local Bodies(2004-05) | ||
| (i)Zila Parishads | No. | 17 | |
| (ii)Municipal Committees | No. | 133 | |
| (iii)Improvement Trusts | No. | 20 | |
| 5 | Climate(2004) | ||
| Average Rainfall | Millimetre | 375.2 | |
| 6 | Agriculture(2004-05)* | ||
| Net Area Sown | 000 Hectares | 4200 | |
| Area Sown More than once | 000 Hectares | 3732 | |
| Cropping Intensity*** | % | 189 |
| 7 | Irrigation(2004-05)* | ||
| Net Area Irrigated by: | |||
| (i)Govt. Canals | 000 Hectares | 1101 | |
| (ii)Private Canals | 000 Hectares | 7 | |
| (iii)Wells/Tubewells | 000 Hectares | 2919 | |
| (iv)Others | 000 Hectares | 8 | |
| Total(I to iv) | 000 Hectares | 4035 | |
| Gross Area Irrigated | 000 Hectares | 7692 | |
| 8 | Energy(2004-2005) | ||
| (i)Consumption of Electricity | Million K.W.H. | 22414 | |
| (ii)Per Capita Consumption of Electricity | K.W.H. | 871 | |
| 9 | Medical and Health (1.4.2005) | ||
| (i) Birth Rate |
20.6
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| (ii) Death Rate |
7.0
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| (iii) Infant Mortality Rate |
49
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| (iv)Percent of scarcity villages out of the identified water scarcity villages where water supply scheme commissioned |
%
|
70.2
|
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| 10 | Education (30.9.2004) | ||
| (i) Universities | No. | 6 | |
| (ii) Arts, Commerce, Home Science & Science Colleges |
No. | 212 | |
| (iii) High/Senior Secondary Schools | No. | 3980 | |
| (iv) Middle Schools | No. | 2503 | |
| (v)Primary Schools | No. | 13352 | |
| 11 | Banking (31-12-2004) | ||
| (i) Scheduled Banks | No. | 2756 | |
| (ii)Non-Scheduled Banks- | No. | 1 | |
| 12 | Miscellaneous(2004-05) | ||
| (i) Post Offices | No. | 3960 | |
| (ii)Police Stations/Police Posts | No. | 456 | |
| (iii)Seats in Punjab Vidhan Sabha | No. | 117 | |
| (iv) Lok Sabha seats in Punjab | No. | 13 | |
| (v)Rajya Sabha Seats in Punjab | No. | 7 | |
| *Provisional | |||
| $ Cities having population 1.00 lakh and above. | |||
| ** Exclude children in the age group of 0-6 who are treated illiterates in the 2001 Census. |
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| ***Cropped area x 100 Net area sown |
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| 2001 Census figures are Provisional | |||
| .. Not available | |||