Ministries of Rural Development and
Finance jointly release the SECC data
the Ministries of Rural Development and Finance jointly released the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data- 2011.22 It involved enumeration of data from 640 districts in the country and is intended to be used for programmes related to MGNREGS, National Food Security Act, Housing for All, etc. with regard to targeting of households.
Key findings of the data include: There are 179 million rural households and 65 million urban households in the country. This implies that 73% of all the households are rural.
Source of Income: Manual casual labour is the main source of income for 51% of the rural households across the country except the UTs. It is the highest in East India where 62% of the households are engaged in this profession. Cultivation is the second highest contributor to household income, with 30% of the households drawing their main income from it.
Income: 10% of rural households have a member with a salaried job. 5% of households pay income or professional tax. In 74% of the rural households across the country, the highest earning member of the household has a monthly income of less than Rs. 5,000 per month. 17% households have a member who earns between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 and 8% have a member who earns more than Rs 10,000 a month. Landholdings: In the country, 56% of the rural households are landless. 65% of the households in the Eastern and Southern states have no land holdings. In comparison, about 50% of the households in the Northern, Central and Western states have no land holdings.
Education: 36% of the total rural population is illiterate. Less than 10% of the population has studied up to the higher secondary level or a higher level.
In the country, 18% of the rural households belong to the Scheduled Castes and 11% to the Scheduled Tribes. The share of SC households is highest in the Northern region at 26% while 29% of the households in the North East are STs
the Ministries of Rural Development and Finance jointly released the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data- 2011.22 It involved enumeration of data from 640 districts in the country and is intended to be used for programmes related to MGNREGS, National Food Security Act, Housing for All, etc. with regard to targeting of households.
Key findings of the data include: There are 179 million rural households and 65 million urban households in the country. This implies that 73% of all the households are rural.
Source of Income: Manual casual labour is the main source of income for 51% of the rural households across the country except the UTs. It is the highest in East India where 62% of the households are engaged in this profession. Cultivation is the second highest contributor to household income, with 30% of the households drawing their main income from it.
Income: 10% of rural households have a member with a salaried job. 5% of households pay income or professional tax. In 74% of the rural households across the country, the highest earning member of the household has a monthly income of less than Rs. 5,000 per month. 17% households have a member who earns between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 and 8% have a member who earns more than Rs 10,000 a month. Landholdings: In the country, 56% of the rural households are landless. 65% of the households in the Eastern and Southern states have no land holdings. In comparison, about 50% of the households in the Northern, Central and Western states have no land holdings.
Education: 36% of the total rural population is illiterate. Less than 10% of the population has studied up to the higher secondary level or a higher level.
In the country, 18% of the rural households belong to the Scheduled Castes and 11% to the Scheduled Tribes. The share of SC households is highest in the Northern region at 26% while 29% of the households in the North East are STs
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