Item (1)

1960-61

(2)

1970-71

(3)

1980-81

(4)

1990-91

(5)

1998-99*

(6)

Geographical Area-
(Thousand Sq.Km)

Administrative Set Up

306

308

308

308

308

Revenue Divisions

4

4

6

6

6

Districts

26

26

28

31

35

Tahsils

229

235

301

303

326

Inhabited Villages

35,851

35,778

39,354

40,412

41,251

Un-Inhabited Villages

3,016

2,883

2,479

2,613

2,613

Towns

266

289

307

336

336

Population as per Census (In Thousand)

(1961)

(1971)

(1981)

(1991)

(1-3-1999)@

Total

39,554

50,412

62,784

78,937

90,122

Males

20,429

26,116

32,415

40,826

46,528

Females

19,125

24,296

30,369

38,111

43,594

Rural

28,391

34,701

40,791

48,395

52,520

Urban

11,163

15,711

21,993

30,542

37,602

Scheduled Castes

2,227

3,177

4,480,

8,758

N.A.

Scheduled Tribes

2,397

3,841

5,772

7,318

N.A.

Density of Population (Per Sq. Km)

129

164

204

257

289

Literacy Rate(%)

35.1

45.8

57.1

64.9

N.A.

Sex Ratio (Females per Thousand males)

936

930

937

934

936

Percentage of urban population

28.22

31.17

35.03

38.69

41.36

State Income -(At current prices)

(As per 1993-94 series)

State Income (Crore Rs.)

1,938

4,879

16,953

62,130`

2,13,860+

Primary Sector (Crore Rs.)

655

1,147

4,119

13,168

38,996+

Secondary Sector (Crore Rs.)

493

1,548

5,619

20,128

61,383+

Tertiary Sector (Crore Rs.)

790

2,184

7,215

28,834

1,13,481+

Per Capita State income (Crore Rs.)

496

986

2,723

7,950

23,849+

Agriculture - (Area in thousand hectares)

Net area sown

17,878

17,668

18,299

18,565

17,744

Gross cropped area

18,823

18,737

19,642

21,859

21,818

Gross Irrigated area

1,220

1,570

2,415

3,319

3,362

Percentage of gross irrigated area to gross cropped area

6.5

8.4

12.3

15.2

15.4

Area under principal crops - (In thousand hectares)

Rice

1,300

1,352

1,459

1,597

1,483

Wheat

907

812

1,063

867

1,016

Jowar

6,284

5,703

6,469

6,300

4,775

Bajri

1,635

2,039

1,534

1,940

1,760

All cereals

10,606

10,320

10,976

11,136

9,604

All pulses

2,349

2,566

2,715

3,257

3,507

All foodgrains

12,955

12,886

13,691

14,393

13,111