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| J&K population is 12548000 | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Aug 5 (KNS): There has been a 23 percent increase in the population of Jammu and Kashmir in the last ten years and according to latest census figures it stands at 12548000 while it was 11043700 in 2011.
Director of Census Operation Farooq Ahmad told KNS the literacy rate has increased from 58 percent in 2001 to 68 percent in 2011.
While in 2001, the number of girls per 1,000 boys (aged between 0-6) stood at 941, the latest census found that it has dropped to 859. At present, there are 82 fewer girls in the state per 1,000 boys.
Farooq who presented a copy of the Census-2011 Report on Provisional Population Totals of the State to the Governor N N Vohra at Raj Bjavan here today briefed him about the status of the various operations carried out and those presently underway.
The Governor stressed the high importance of the entire work of preparation of Identity Cards being commenced timely and completed within an envisaged schedule. The Governor urged Ahmad to see that all departments were furnished copies of the Census Report so that the basic village/town wise data could become the basis of all future planning.
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