Item

(1)

1960-61

(2)

1970-71

(3)

1980-81

(4)

1990-91

(5)

1998-99*

(6)

Banking- (Scheduled Commercial)

-

(June 1971)

(June 1981)

(June 1991)

(March 1999)

Banking offices

N.A.

1,471

3,627

5,591

(March 1991)

6,182

(March 1993)

Villages having banking offices

N.A.

450

1,355

2,749

2,414

Education

Primary School

34,594

45,143

51,045

57,744

64,918

Enrolment (In thousand)

4,178

6,229

8,392

10,424

12,291

Secondary school (Incl. Higher Secondary)

2,468

5,339

6,119

9,972

14,441

Enrolment (In thousand)

858

1,936

3,309

5,794

8,607

Health

(1971)

(1981)

(1991)

(1998)

Hospitals

N.A.

299

530

768

843

Dispensaries

N.A.

1,372

1,776

1,896

1,396

Beds per lakh of population@

N.A.

88

114

144

96

Birth rate @(**)

34.7

32.2

28.5

26.2

22.3

Death rate @(**)

13.8

12.3

9.6

8.2

7.6

Infant mortality rate @(**)

86

105

79

60

49

Transport

Railway route length (Kilometer)

Road length (Kilometer) +

5,056

5,226

5,233

5,434

5,447

Total

39,241

65,364

1,41,131

1,72965

2,06,891

Surfaced

24,852

35,853

66,616

1,32048

1,74,616

Motor Vehicles (In thousand)

100

312

805

2,641

5,949

Co-operation

Primary agricultural credit societies

21,400

20,420

18,577

19,565

20,354

Membership (In thousand)

2,170

3,794

5,416

7,942

10,890

Total No. of Co-op societies

31,565

42,597

60,747

1,04,620

1,46,641

Total membership (In thousand)

4,191

8,581

14,783

26,903

40,968

Working capital (Rs.in crore)

291

1,490

5,210

24,283

74,983

Local bodies-

Zilla Parishads

25

25

25

29

31

Gram Panchayats

21,636

22,300

24,281

25,827

27,598

Panchayat Samitis

295

296

296

298

320

Municipal Councils

219

221

220

228

228

Municipal Corporations

3

4

5

11

15

Cantonment Boards

7

7

7

7

7