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City Development Plan for Allahabad Final Report
3.2.3 SC/ ST
and OBC
Population
3.2.4 Sex
Ratio
3.2.5
Literacy Rate
Table 4: Classification of Wards by Population Densities
Density
Number
of wards
Ward Reference (No)
< 200 pph 41
1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,22,26,27,28,29,31,
32,33,36,38,40,42,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,52,54,56,59, 67,76
200-400
pph
27
4,5,12,15,16,24,25,30,34,35,37,39,43,51,53,55,58,62,63, 64,
65,66,68,69,70,71,72
400-600
pph
6 23,41,73,75,77,80
> 600 pph 6 57,60,61,74,78,79
Source: Analysis of data from DUDA
As per the CoI 2001, the Scheduled Cast population in the city is 136,183
persons which approximately makes 13% of the total city population. The
scheduled tribes count to a mere 500 in numbers.
The sex ratio in the city has been constantly lower than the state average and
the situation does not seem to be improving. The preceding decade 1991-2001
has again seen a fall when on the contrary the state averages registered
improvements since the year 1971.
Table 5: Sex Ratio in Allahabad
Year Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
1971 784 821
1981 811 846
1991 811 862
2001 809 -
Source: Census of India, 2001
The city of Allahabad has always been known for the presence of premier
educational institutes and the trend of education seems to reflect in the literacy
rate as well. The Census of India, 2001 records 80.9% of city population to be
literate, which is the highest in the region (Table 6); the prevailing gender gap
however is an issue of concern. There is an overall improvement from the past
decade (1991) when the literacy rate in the city has been 62.8% 9 . Male
population has a higher literacy level with 70% being reported as literate and
only 53.7% of females reported as literates.
Table 6: Literacy Rates in KAVAL Cities
City Total literacy rate Male Female Gap
Kanpur 78.8 82.9 73.9 9.0
Agra 70 81.7 71.9 9.8
Varanasi 72.0 78.8 64.2 14.6
Allahabad 80.9 86.1 74.3 11.7
Lucknow 77.1 76.3 62.6 13.7
Source: Census of India, 2001
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