Number of cultivators in Chhattisgarh decreases: Census

The number of cultivators has declined by 11.66 per cent in the predominated-agriculture state of Chhattisgarh between 2001 and 2011 even as the number of farm labourers has increased by 9.8 per cent in the same period, according to census statistics 2011 released today.
The number of cultivators declined from 43,11,131 in 2001 to 40,04,796 in 2011, while the percentage of cultivators declined from 44.54 per cent to 32.88 per cent, Census (Chhattisgarh) Director Renu Pillay told reporters here.
At the same time, there was an increase in agricultural labourers to 41.80 per cent from 31.94 per cent, she said.

"We find there has been a decline among cultivators, whereas there has been an increase in agricultural labourers," Pillay said.
The statistics revealed Chhattisgarh's population soared to 2,55,45,198 crore over the last 10 years which is an increase of around 50 lakh, while the sex ratio has gone up to 991 per 1000 in 2011 from 989 in the year 2001.
It also indicated that the pressure on land in the rural heartland may be pushing farmers out of their land.

As per census, the literacy rate raised to 70.28 in 2011 from 64.66 per cent in 2001 with the improvement in female literacy being higher than males.

The women literacy rate increased to 60.24 per cent from 51.85 per cent, while the male literacy rate increased from 77.38 per cent to 80.27 per cent.
The state stood 28th in the country in terms of literacy.
The population of scheduled tribe has increased from 24,18,722 to 32,74,269 and as a proportion to total population from 11.61 per cent to 12.82 per cent, according to the census statistics.
At the same time, the population of people belonging to Scheduled Caste has increased from 66,16,596 to 78,22,902.