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A Glimpse  into the Statistics




Development Indicators :

ITEMS YEAR M.P.
POPULATION
Population ( million ) 1991 66.18
Geographical Area ('000 Sq. Km.) 1991 443
Density ( No.per Sq. Km.) 1991 149
Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) 1991 931
Decenial Growth Rate ( % ) 1981-91 26.8
Urban Population ( % ) 1991 23.2
Schedule Caste Population ( % ) 1991 14.5
Schedule Tribe Population ( % ) 1991 23.3
Main workers ( % ) 1991 37.7
BIRTH & DEATH RATE ( Registration scheme)
Birth Rate ( per 1000 persons ) 1995(P.) 33.0
Death Rate ( per 1000 persons ) 1995 11.1
Infants Mortality Rate ( per 1000 live births) 1995 99
INCOME
Per Capita Income
a. At Current Prices (Q.)Rs. 1994-95 5926
b. At Constant Prices(Q.) 1980-81 1994-95 1749
AGRICULTURE
Net irrigated area as percentage of net area sown ( % ) 1991-92 23.8
Consumption of Fertilizers per hectare of gross cropped area ( Kg. ) 1993-94 32
Forest to total Geographical area ( % ) 1992-93 30.5
ELECTRICITY
Per capita consumption of electricity ( Kwh. ) 1996-97 313
Per capita industrial consumption of electricity ( Kwh. ) 1996-97 132
Per capita domestic consumption of electricity ( Kwh. ) 1996-97 50
Electrified villages ( % ) 1996-97 94.37
BANK
Number of commercial bank branches per lakh of population 1995-96 7
Per capita deposits ( Rs. ) 1995-96 2364
Per capita credit ( Rs. ) 1995-96 1350
Credit-Deposit Ratio ( % ) 1995-96 57.1
EDUCATION
Teacher - Student ratio at Primary School level ( % )  1993-94 1:46
LITERACY
Male literacy ( % )  1991 58.4
Female literacy ( % )  1991 28.8
Total literacy ( % ) 1991 44.2
HEALTH
Population per Government hospitals and dispensaries 1995-96 80711
Population served by each bed in Government hospitals and dispensaries 1995-96 2610
Average Rural population served by each primary health centre 1995-96 27616
Average Rural population served by each sub primary health centre 1995-96 4343
Percentage of Villages with water supply to problem villages identified ( % ) 1988-89 3.0
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION
Total roads length per 100 Sq. Km. of area ( Km. ) 1995-96 22
Surfaced roads length per 100 Sq. Km. of area ( Km. ) 1995-96 17
Percentage of Villages connected to all weather roads ( % )  1987-88 23.4
Railway route length per 1000 Sq. Km. of area ( Km. ) 1989-90 13
Population served by per post-office 1993-94 5901
No. of telephones per 1000 of population 1993-94 7
Area coverage by Doordarshan ( % ) April '92 48.1



Forest Areas :

Status of Forest Development  in MP ( 1995)

Dense forest  95153 Sq Km. 
Open forest  40011   Sq. Km.
Total forest cover 135164 Sq. Km.
Total percentage cover to   Geographical  area   30.48 %  
 
Scrub   48.22 Sq. Km.
No. of  National Parks ( NP) . 11
Total area under NP 6143.12 Sq Km.
No. of wild life Sanctuaries  (WLS)  32
Total Area under WLS  10847.29 Sq Km


Aggriclture & Land Use Pattern :

Land Use Pattern ( % )  1995-96
Area Under Forest 32.82
Net Area Sown  44.80
Area Sown More than Once 11.92
Gross Cropped Area 56.72
Land not available for Cultivation  9.54
Other un-cultivated Land (Including Permanent Pastures, land under miscellaneous tree crops, fallow land etc ) 12.84 
 AGRICULTURE 1995-96
Gross Irrigated Area (000'Hect.)  6178
% of Irrigation  24.6
Area Under High Yielding Varieties (000' Hect.) 
Paddy  3442
Wheat 2966
Maize 471
Jowar 814
Bajra 93
Distribution of Seed ( 000' Qtls.) 601.23
Distribution of Fertiliser (000' Tonnes)(NPK) 825.80
Per Hectare Consumption of Fertilser (NPK) 32.84
Area Under Main Crops (000' Hect.) 
Paddy  5344
Wheat  4020
Gram  2660
Soyabean  3849
Rape & Mustard  696
Cotton  514 
Average Yield (Kg./Hect.)
Paddy  1151
Wheat  1730
Gram 748
Soyabean  1011 
Rape & Mustard  843
Cotton  420