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Capital : Dehradun Area : 53484 sq kms Population : 8,479,562 Language : Garhwali, Kumaoni, Hindi, English Literacy: 72.28% Sex Ratio: 964 F per 1000 M
Uttarakhand has an area of 51,125 km.sup.2 , and it has a population of 8,479,562 Census of India 2001 . The density is 94.4 per sq. km. Three main endogamous caste populations Brahmin, Rajput, and Shilpkar constitute the bulk of the Hindu population of the state. In addition, the Bhotia, a scheduled tribe, inhabit certain highland areas. Out of the above total population, Female population is 41.63 lakhs, out of which Rural female population accounts to 31.66 lakhs. Again, against SC population of 15.17 lakhs, Female population was 7.36 lakhs, mostly accountifies to rural population 6.14 lakhs . ST accountified 2.56 lakhs population and out of which 1.25 lakhs are women and 1.17 lakh women reside in rural areas. Out of 51.06 lakh literates, women accountifies to 20.97 lakhs and the rate of women literacy is 59.63%. As per labour force, 11.38 lakhs are women, out of which 10.62 work in rural areas. Caste Breakdown: Rajputs: 60-75% Brahmins: 15-20% Scheduled Castes SC : 11.74 - 19.45% Scheduled Tribes ST : 0.01 - 9.99% Other Backward Castes OBC : 2% Significance: OBC-dominated state government in 1994 wished to enforce the extension of the 27% plains OBC quota to the hills where the OBC population is less that 2%. This prompted an outcry from hill people who are already deprived of employment opportunities in their own land. Solutions ranged from regionally-sensitive quotas to including the Uttarakhandi people in the OBC quota. A quota of 23% for SCs & STs already prevails and is accepted by most hill people. Hindus 72.12 lakhs , Muslims: 10.12 lakhs, Christians 0.27 lakhs, Sikhs: 2.12 lakhs, Buddhists: 0.13 lakhs, Jains: 0.09 lakhs, Others religions not stated: 0.04 lakhs. In addition, Indian Census 1991 figures reveal the poverty of the region s people. 70% of the population live below the Indian poverty line against a national average of 46%. Subsistence farming employs more than 75% of the population and 71% of landholdings in the hills are less than 1 hectare in size. The impact of the money-order economy is seen in the fact that over 60% of Uttarakhandi families have at least one member earning a livelihood away from home. In a recent survey of Garhwali soldiers active at the Kargil front, 80% claimed they had joined the armed forces to escape poverty in their village. We do have suffient material at Indianetzone at: http://www.indianetzone.com/3/uttarakhand.htm. Kinldy visit to have details.
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