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Figure 1. Sample of Dynamic City Regions database Forms
The record of the database includes the following
fields:
1. Serial No.
2. Region
3. City
4. Total population of the Region
5. Total population of the City
6. Clusters/Sectors
7. Key Institutions
8. Governances: Programmes
9. Bibliography
General Presentation on India
1. Population, India
The total population of India as at 0:00 hours on
1 st March 2001 stood at 1,027,015,247 persons.
With this, India became the second country in the
world after China to cross the one billion mark.
The population of the country rose by 21.34 %
for the period 1991 - 2001. The sex ratio (i.e.,
number of females per thousand males) of
population was 933, rising from 927 as at the
1991 Census. Total literacy rate was returned as
65.38%.
Population:
Persons 1,027,015,247
Males 531,277,078
Females 495,738,169
Sex Ratio 933
Population (0 - 6 years):
Persons 157,863,145
Males 81,911,041
Females 75,952,104
Sex Ratio 927
Number of Literates:
Persons 566,714,995
Males 339,969,048
Females 226,745,947
Percentage of Literates to Total population:
Persons 65.38%
Males 75.85%
females 54.16 %
Percentage of Population (0-6) to Total
Population:
Persons 15.42%
Males 15.47%
Females 15.36 %
Decadal Growth 1991 - 2001:
Persons (+) 21.34%
Males (+) 20.93%
Females (+) 21.79 %
Table1. India Population (Source: Provisional Population Totals: India. Census of India 2001)
2. Composition of Industrial Growth
India has nearly three million SMEs, which account for almost 50% of industrial output and 42% of India's
total exports. It is the most important employment-generating sector and is an effective tool for promotion of
balanced regional development. These account for 50% of private sector employment and 30-40% of valueaddition
in manufacturing (Thyagarajan, 1998). It produces a diverse range of products (about 8,000)
including consumer items, capital and intermediate goods. The SMEs in India constitute more than 80% of the
total number of industrial enterprises and form
the backbone of industrial development. The
continuation of high growth rates within
manufacturing is well spread and broad based.
Of the 17 sub sectors within the manufacturing
sector, 6 sectors have registered growth rates
exceeding 10 per cent in April-October 1996.
These sectors include transport equipment (21.7
per cent), electrical machinery (18.3 per cent),
basic metals and alloys (16.1 per cent) food
products (15.7 per cent), beverages and tobacco
(14.0 per cent) and paper and paper products
(11.0 per cent).
Figure 2. Software Export as a percentage of India’s Total Export
Information Technology Industry in India is a fast growing segment of the Indian economy, with growth rate
exceeding 40% per annum.
The main industrial sectors that characterize the Indian industrial growth are: Basic goods, Capital goods,
Intermediate/consumer goods, Mining/Quarrying, and Electricity.
3. Policy issues:
The industrial policies of 1948 and 1956 indicate the direction of industrial development in India. There are
policies started by the Central Government to have dispersal of industries to reduce the industrial congestion
in the highly industrialized belts. Emphasis placed on balanced regional development in every plan. In a
federal polity like India, regional policies and the distribution of central government expenditures have an
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