Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

Child Equity Atlas
Table 1.2: Comparison of the selected indicators between population and housing census 2001 and 2011
Indicator Census 2011 Census 2001
Proportion below 18 years (%) 39.7 45.0
Proportion below 5 years (%) 10.5 13.0
Sex ratio under five 103.0 108.2
Proportion of women in childbearing age (15-49 yrs.) (%) 53.4 51.0
Female teenage married (15-19 yrs.) (%) 32.5 37.5
Female headed households (%) 15.6 13.8
Youth literacy rate (15-24 yrs) (%) 75.4 63.6
Adult literacy rate (15 years and above) (%) 53.0 47.5
School attendance rate at primary (%) 77.0 49.7
Proportion of out of school children (6-10 yrs.) (%) 23.0 50.3
School attendance at secondary (%) 76.0 64.0
Proportion of out of school children (11-15 yrs.) (%) 24.0 36.1
Proportion of real child worker (aged 10-14 yrs.) (%) 6.0 10.5
Proportion of households living in pucca 6 houses (%) 11.3 6.7
Proportion of households living in semi-pucca houses (%) 19.6 10.1
Proportion of households living in kutcha 7 houses (%) 66.2 74.4
Proportion of households living in jhupri 8 structures (%) 2.9 8.8
Proportion of households having no access to sanitary toilet (%) 36.4 63.1
Proportion of households without electricity connection (%) 43.9 68.6
Sources: Population and Housing Census 2001 and 2011.
6 Pucca indicates the houses which are fully made up of bricks.
7 Kucha indicates the houses where floors are made up of soil, but the roofs and/or walls are made of ‘tin’ (metallic sheet).
8 Jhupri indicates the houses where floors are made up of soil, and the roofs and walls are made of straw/bamboo, etc.
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