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DEMOGRAPHY
As per 1991 census, the total population of the district is 6,71,541 with
male population of 3,26,380 and female population of 3,45,160. There is an increase of 8.34% in population in
comparison of 1981 census. The population was 5,53,028 in 1971 and 6,37,877 in 1981. The
district is not densely populated. The population density per sq. km., which was 102 in
1971, 117 in 1981, now increases to 126 in 1991.
Year |
|
Total
Population |
S.C.
Population |
S.T.
Population |
Total
Literates |
1971 |
MALE |
239837 |
28764 |
315 |
122749 |
FEMALE |
279344 |
29693 |
94 |
48222 |
TOTAL |
518181 |
58457 |
409 |
170971 |
1981 |
MALE |
267810 |
36835 |
639 |
171630 |
FEMALE |
303798 |
38067 |
458 |
92285 |
TOTAL |
575208 |
74902 |
1097 |
263915 |
1991 |
MALE |
326378 |
45046 |
859 |
220876 |
FEMALE |
345163 |
45636 |
641 |
142402 |
TOTAL |
671541 |
90682 |
1500 |
363278 |
Sourse: - District Statistical
Booklet 1998
The majority of the population
lives in villages as indicated by the rural population of 5,90,359. Due to the migration
problem of males for employment, the sex ratio in the district is 1119 females per 1000
males. The total population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is 92,189, which is
13.2% of total population. The religion wise populations are as 6,63,485 (97%) Hindu,
15,395 (2.3%) Muslims, 1,639 (0.24%) Christians, 1,165 (0.17%) Sikhs and 757 (0.12%) other
religions.
CENSUS-1991
Rural Population
Block |
Total |
S.C.
|
S.T.
|
Total
Literates
|
KOT |
MALE |
13109 |
2811 |
2 |
8900 |
FEMALE |
15618 |
2991 |
2 |
6060 |
TOTAL |
28757 |
5802 |
4 |
14960 |
KALJIKHAL |
MALE |
15905 |
3937 |
3 |
11078 |
FEMALE |
19679 |
4321 |
3 |
8648 |
TOTAL |
35584 |
8258 |
6 |
19726 |
PAURI |
MALE |
14602 |
3258 |
12 |
10266 |
FEMALE |
16754 |
3401 |
0 |
7356 |
TOTAL |
31356 |
6659 |
12 |
17622 |
PABO |
MALE |
17350 |
2951 |
0 |
11455 |
FEMALE |
20414 |
3159 |
0 |
7468 |
TOTAL |
37764 |
6110 |
0 |
18923 |
THALISAIN |
MALE |
24398 |
3168 |
0 |
7201 |
FEMALE |
26487 |
3373 |
0 |
4969 |
TOTAL |
50885 |
6541 |
0 |
12170 |
BIRONKHAL |
MALE |
22491 |
3015 |
36 |
13853 |
FEMALE |
26815 |
3795 |
44 |
4767 |
TOTAL |
39306 |
6810 |
80 |
18620 |
DWARIKHAL |
MALE |
20904 |
2253 |
2 |
14112 |
FEMALE |
23190 |
2228 |
1 |
9576 |
TOTAL |
44094 |
4481 |
3 |
23688 |
DOGADDA |
MALE |
40508 |
3626 |
607 |
14744 |
FEMALE |
40085 |
3172 |
500 |
10214 |
TOTAL |
80593 |
6798 |
1107 |
24958 |
JAHRIKHAL |
MALE |
15581 |
1416 |
5 |
29891 |
FEMALE |
17614 |
1386 |
2 |
19911 |
TOTAL |
33195 |
2802 |
7 |
49802 |
EKESHWER |
MALE |
15352 |
2448 |
3 |
11262 |
FEMALE |
18731 |
2794 |
1 |
7977 |
TOTAL |
34083 |
5242 |
4 |
19239 |
RIKHNIKHAL |
MALE |
15954 |
2184 |
3 |
11379 |
FEMALE |
17983 |
2251 |
0 |
8714 |
TOTAL |
33937 |
4435 |
3 |
20093 |
YAMKESHWAR |
MALE |
19778 |
2024 |
19 |
10269 |
FEMALE |
20788 |
1995 |
9 |
5993 |
TOTAL |
40566 |
4019 |
28 |
16262 |
NAINIDANDA |
MALE |
17626 |
3194 |
0 |
8787 |
FEMALE |
20292 |
3730 |
0 |
6008 |
TOTAL |
37918 |
5925 |
0 |
14795 |
POKHRA |
MALE |
12053 |
1991 |
1 |
13741 |
FEMALE |
14705 |
2314 |
0 |
8400 |
TOTAL |
26758 |
4305 |
1 |
22141 |
KHIRSU |
MALE |
10136 |
1739 |
33 |
11267 |
FEMALE |
10447 |
1690 |
32 |
7218 |
TOTAL |
20583 |
3429 |
65 |
18485 |
FOREST AREA |
MALE |
2983 |
278 |
33 |
- |
FEMALE |
1997 |
168 |
3 |
- |
TOTAL |
4980 |
446 |
36 |
- |
TOTAL RURAL |
MALE |
278760 |
40293 |
759 |
187992 |
FEMALE |
311599 |
41768 |
567 |
122311 |
TOTAL |
590359 |
82061 |
1356 |
310303 |
Source: - District Statistical
Booklet 1998
Urban Population
TOWN AREAS
|
Total
|
S.C.
|
S.T.
|
Total Literates
|
PAURI NAGAR PALIKA |
MALE |
11560 |
1269 |
18 |
9034 |
FEMALE |
8837 |
1011 |
20 |
5610 |
TOTAL |
20397 |
2280 |
38 |
14644 |
SRINAGAR NAGAR PALIKA |
MALE |
12913 |
1031 |
57 |
6859 |
FEMALE |
5878 |
835 |
9 |
3602 |
TOTAL |
18791 |
1866 |
66 |
10461 |
DUGADDA NAGAR PALIKA |
MALE |
1349 |
252 |
9 |
1101 |
FEMALE |
1095 |
218 |
5 |
714 |
TOTAL |
2444 |
470 |
14 |
1815 |
KOTDWAR NAGAR PALIKA |
MALE |
11425 |
630 |
4 |
7846 |
FEMALE |
9953 |
606 |
3 |
5657 |
TOTAL |
21378 |
1236 |
7 |
13503 |
LANSDOWNE CANTT AREA |
MALE |
4415 |
490 |
12 |
3762 |
FEMALE |
2691 |
370 |
7 |
1758 |
TOTAL |
7106 |
860 |
19 |
5520 |
KALAGARH CENSUS TOWN |
MALE |
5649 |
1046 |
- |
4028 |
FEMALE |
4878 |
798 |
- |
2595 |
TOTAL |
10527 |
1844 |
- |
6623 |
BAHBAJAR CENSUS TOWN |
MALE |
307 |
35 |
- |
254 |
FEMALE |
232 |
30 |
- |
155 |
TOTAL |
539 |
65 |
- |
409 |
TOTAL URBAN |
MALE |
47618 |
4753 |
100 |
32884 |
FEMALE |
33564 |
3868 |
44 |
20091 |
TOTAL |
81182 |
8621 |
144 |
52975 |
Source: - District Statistical
Booklet 1998
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