Question : POPULATION IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS

he total number and percentage of population in the rural, urban and semi-urban areas in the country, State-wise including Karnataka?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R P N SINGH)

The Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India in the Ministry of Home Affairs conducts decadal Population Census wherein data on all population living in urban and rural areas of the country are collected. The concept of semi-urban areas is not used in Census. The final population figures of Census 2011 have been released on 30.4.2013. A Statement showing State/UT-wise population by residence and the percentage of rural and urban population to total population is given at Annexure-I.

The concept of rural and urban areas as used in Census is given at Annexure-II.