THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES,
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC
GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a) to (e) : The National Commission on Population (NCP) has brought out a publication
entitled `District-wise Indicators` in which 569 districts of the country were ranked on the
basis of the following 12 socio-demographic indicators:
1. Percentage decadal population growth rate
2. Percentage of births of order 3 and above (in place of Total Fertility Rate)
3. Percentage of current user of family planning methods
4. Percentage of Girls marrying below 18 years of Age
5. Sex ratio
6. Percentage of women receiving skilled attention during deliveries
7 Percentage of Children getting complete immunization
8. Female Literacy Rate
9. Percentage of villages not connected with pucca road (estimated)
10. Percentage coverage of safe drinking water and sanitation (estimated)
11. Percentage of Births registered (estimated)
12. Percentage of Deaths registered (estimated)
Using the data relating to the above indicators, a Composite Index was also developed
and the States and UTs were ranked on the basis of this Composite Index as given below:
Rank State Composite Rank State Composite Index Index
1 Goa 83.71 2 Pondicherry 82.70
3 Kerala 81.88 4 Chandigarh 79.68
5 Tamil Nadu 78.06 6 Delhi 78.01
7 Punjab 73.88 8 Karnataka 70.31
9 Himachal Pr.70.02 10 Lakshadweep 69.89
11 Mizoram 69.24 12 Daman & Diu 68.95
13 Haryana 66.80 14 Maharastra 65.58
15 Gujarat 65.22 16 Andhra Pradesh 65.13
17 Tripura 64.17 18 Andaman&Nicobar 63.89
19 Uttaranchal 60.52 20 West Bengal 59.58
21 Sikkim 58.64 22 Assam 56.35
23 Chhatisgarh 55.44 24 Orissa 55.40
25 Manipur 54.01 26 Dadra & Nag.Hav.51.97
27 Meghalaya 50.51 28 Madhya Pradesh 49.33
29 Nagaland 48.31 30 Uttar Pradesh 44.09
31 Arun.Pr. 43.58 32 Rajasthan 43.39
33 Bihar 39.01 34 Jharkhand 38.27
A higher value of Composite Index reflects a better overall performance of the State/UT
and vice versa. There are many social, economic and demographic reasons for the
comparative backwardness of certain States and UTs, some of which have been
highlighted through the indices used for ranking the districts and States in the above
publication.
