Distribution of Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Sex-Ratio and Density of population

Distribution of Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Sex-Ratio and Density of population 2011
District Code	State/ District	Population - 2011			Percentage Decadal Growth Rate of Population	Sex Ratio (No. of Females per 1000 Males)	Population density per Sq. Km
		Person	Male	Female	2001-11	2011	2011
1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11
08	Rajasthan	68621012	35620086	33000926	21.44	926	201
01	Ganganagar	1969520	1043730	925790	10.06	887	179
02	Hanumangarh	1779650	933660	845990	17.24	906	184
03	Bikaner	2367745	1243916	1123829	24.48	903	78
04	Churu	2041172	1053375	987797	20.35	938	148
05	Jhunjhunun	2139658	1097390	1042268	11.81	950	361
06	Alwar	3671999	1938929	1733070	22.75	894	438
07	Bharatpur	2549121	1357896	1191225	21.39	877	503
08	Dhaulpur	1207293	654344	552949	22.78	845	398
09	Karauli	1458459	784943	673516	20.94	858	264
10	Sawai Madhopur	1338114	706558	631556	19.79	894	297
11	Dausa	1637226	859821	777405	23.75	904	476
12	Jaipur	6663971	3490787	3173184	26.91	909	598
13	Sikar	2677737	1377120	1300617	17.04	944	346
14	Nagaur	3309234	1698760	1610474	19.25	948	187
15	Jodhpur	3685681	1924326	1761355	27.69	915	161
16	Jaisalmer	672008	363346	308662	32.22	849	17
17	Barmer	2604453	1370494	1233959	32.55	900	92
18	Jalor	1830151	937918	892233	26.31	951	172
19	Sirohi	1037185	535115	502070	21.86	938	202
20	Pali	2038533	1025895	1012638	11.99	987	165
21	Ajmer	2584913	1325911	1259002	18.66	950	305
22	Tonk	1421711	729390	692321	17.33	949	198
23	Bundi	1113725	579385	534340	15.7	922	193
24	Bhilwara	2410459	1224483	1185976	19.27	969	230
25	Rajsamand	1158283	582670	575613	17.89	988	302
26	Dungarpur	1388906	698069	690837	25.39	990	368
27	Banswara	1798194	908755	889439	26.58	979	399
28	Chittaurgarh	1544392	784054	760338	16.09	970	193
29	Kota	1950491	1023153	927338	24.34	906	374
30	Baran	1223921	635495	588426	19.82	926	175
31	Jhalawar	1411327	725667	685660	19.57	945	227
32	Udaipur	3067549	1566781	1500768	23.63	958	242
33	Pratapgarh*	868231	437950	430281	22.84	982	211

Districts arranged in descending order of Sex Ratio: 2011

Districts arranged in descending order of Sex Ratio: 2011
Rank	District	Sex- ratio (Number of Females per 1000 Males)
1	Dungarpur	990
2	Rajsamand	988
3	Pali	987
4	Pratapgarh*	982
5	Banswara	979
6	Chittaurgarh	970
7	Bhilwara	969
8	Udaipur	958
9	Jalor	951
10	Jhunjhunun	950
11	Ajmer	950
12	Tonk	949
13	Nagaur	948
14	Jhalawar	945
15	Sikar	944
16	Sirohi	938
17	Churu	938
18	Baran	926
19	Bundi	922
20	Jodhpur	915
21	Jaipur	909
22	Kota	906
23	Hanumangarh	906
24	Dausa	904
25	Bikaner	903
26	Barmer	900
27	Sawai Madhopur	894
28	Alwar	894
29	Ganganagar	887
30	Bharatpur	877
31	Karauli	858
32	Jaisalmer	849
33	Dhaulpur	845

SEX RATIO OF RAJASTHAN :- A COMPARATIVE STUDY

SEX RATIO OF RAJASTHAN :- A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Sex Ratio (females per 1,000 males): 1901-2011
District Code	State/ District	Sex-Ratio Since (Number of females per 1000 males)
		1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
08	Rajasthan	905	908	896	907	906	921	908	911	919	910	921	926
01	Ganganagar	853	818	857	797	814	828	843	863	859	865	873	887
02	Hanumangarh	853	818	857	797	814	848	840	887	892	891	894	906
03	Bikaner	918	907	891	895	869	920	916	908	899	891	896	903
04	Churu	932	922	926	924	908	945	936	946	953	937	948	938
05	Jhunjhunun	884	906	878	878	881	956	943	928	956	931	946	950
06	Alwar	922	914	884	892	890	896	892	887	892	880	886	894
07	Bharatpur	859	841	820	837	840	846	859	855	848	832	854	877
08	Dhaulpur	859	841	820	837	840	814	807	806	796	795	827	845
09	Karauli	870	869	859	873	884	865	854	848	853	840	855	858
10	Sawai Madhopur	870	869	859	873	884	893	884	878	880	870	889	894
11	Dausa	898	906	878	891	908	905	888	887	895	884	899	904
12	Jaipur	903	913	882	895	913	922	891	890	892	892	897	909
13	Sikar	877	899	886	913	920	972	964	961	963	946	951	944
14	Nagaur	914	928	900	920	912	936	945	942	958	942	947	948
15	Jodhpur	888	891	870	885	885	900	888	900	909	891	907	915
16	Jaisalmer	870	837	808	851	829	817	802	810	811	807	821	849
17	Barmer	874	880	860	891	873	868	868	887	904	891	892	900
18	Jalor	898	916	911	910	921	918	919	932	942	942	964	951
19	Sirohi	917	937	936	946	947	965	948	958	963	949	943	938
20	Pali	946	938	934	954	943	946	943	950	946	956	981	987
21	Ajmer	898	885	836	903	902	925	913	911	922	918	931	950
22	Tonk	915	905	911	915	903	925	910	909	928	923	934	949
23	Bundi	930	932	916	917	918	912	895	886	887	889	907	922
24	Bhilwara	920	931	940	942	943	934	906	909	941	945	962	969
25	Rajsamand	920	932	940	943	943	948	933	971	996	991	1000	988
26	Dungarpur	1000	1012	987	988	970	1003	991	1015	1045	995	1022	990
27	Banswara	1022	1025	1011	1009	996	983	972	979	985	969	974	979
28	Chittaurgarh	911	928	939	942	944	956	928	927	950	947	966	970
29	Kota	940	937	926	931	919	926	884	873	877	881	896	906
30	Baran	940	937	926	931	919	934	913	898	903	896	909	926
31	Jhalawar	932	927	920	920	928	954	928	919	926	918	926	945
32	Udaipur	920	932	940	943	943	967	943	951	971	956	969	958
33	Pratapgarh*	920	935	944	947	947	969	949	943	956	957	969	982

Recommended Geography Books for RAS Exam.

Geography is the second most popular optional opted by IAS aspirants after Public Administration. In fact Geography and Pub Ad is quite a popular optional combination as well. The reasons for Geography being a popular optional are the well defined syllabus, its semi-scientific nature, map based questions that are easy to score off. No wonder Geography fetches good marks in the IAS Mains exam.

But to score well you need to study the recommended books as well. So which are the Geography books highly recommended by successful IAS aspirants? Find out below.

Comprehensive Geography by D.R Khullar

Whenever you start preparing a subject don’t dive into a specialized topic straightaway rather learn more about the subject as a whole, its key concepts so you can identify its important sections and plan accordingly. For this reason Khullar’s Comprehensive Geography is such a nice introduction about the key concepts of Geography.
From physiography, climate, environment to transport, agriculture, and foreign trade, Comprehensive Geography is truly comprehensive in scope. Written with a focus on India, this book for geography is equally useful and recommended for both, paper 1 and 2. Beginners to Geography should especially go through this book to get a hang of the subject.

Physical Geography by Savindra Singh

Physical Geography is a highly recommended book for physical geography by people who have emerged successful in the civil services exam. Physical Geography by Savindra Singh covers all relevant topics relating to physical geography like Earth’s origin, age, its structure, movements and physical features like rocks, plateaus, plains. Apart from this it covers all the topics relating to Atmosphere and Hydrosphere.
If you take a look at the Geography syllabus, you will realize Physical Geography covers a good part of Geomorphology, Climatalogy, and Oceanography. A must read book for Geography paper 1.

Geography through Maps by K Siddhartha

If you look at the Geography paper 2 syllabus you will notice it mentions

Candidates will be required to answer one compulsory map question pertinent to subjects covered by this paper

So candidates will surely encounter one map based question in the Geography paper. But you shouldn’t let go of this golden opportunity to score some easy marks by practicing maps through K Siddhartha’s Geography through Maps. K Siddhartha is a renowned coach for geography and his classes in Delhi at Ensemble are much in demand. In Geography through Maps the picture of the whole world has been presented in a sequential manner so that at no point the reader finds it monotonous, dull or uninteresting. In fact K Siddhartha has ensured that by studying Geography through Maps students will be able to locate places and natural resource regions easily and thus score guaranteed marks in the IAS mains exam.

Human Geography by Majid Hussain

The second paper focuses on Indian geography in relation to the human aspects of population, urbanization, planning, economy and so on. Human Geography looks into these aspects very lucidly. The book contains detailed maps and diagrams to aid your learning and contains references from the developed and developing parts of the world. Human Geography by TMH is recommended for getting a basic understanding of the second paper.

Geography of Population by RC Chandna

As the title suggests this book dwells on the Population aspects of the second paper and is a specialized book for this purpose.Population Geography explains all the relevant topics like migration, demographic attributes, patterns of settlements, etc in easy to understand manner. The latest edition of this book takes the 2001 census as its base to explore population aspects in detail. Population Geography is recommended to study this important topic of paper 2 in detail.

Regional Planning in India by Puri and Chand

Planning is the backbone of India’s economic system. The concept of 5-year plans was borrowed from the erstwhile Soviet Union and continues to form the basis of the economic system in India. But now the focus has shifted from top-down to bottom-up planning and hence the importance shown to regional planning in the Paper 2 syllabus.
For this reason you should study Regional Planning in India to cover topics like regional imbalances, tribal development and environmental issues, urbanization process etc. Regional Planning is recommended as reading a generic textbook for a specialized topic like planning may not be the best approach towards Geography paper 2.

Models in Geography by Majid Hussain

The final section of the Geography syllabus deals with models, theories and laws. To tackle these topics Majid Hussain has written yet another useful book called Models in Geography. This book explains all the important models and theories in a very lucid and cogent manner. Beginners as well as those having some background in Geography will find it useful.
More specifically Models in Geography covers the following models: Malthusian, Marxian, Agricultural Land Use and Demographic Transitional apart from these theories: Central Place Theory, Theory of Industrial Location, Rostow’s Stages of Growth, Heartland and Rimland Theories besides others. Hussain was thoughtful enough to also include a chapter on Climate Change, which is useful not just for Geography but GS Mains as well.
This wraps up books for Geography for IAS mains exam. If you have some more suggestions or doubts you can leave your valued comments below. Happy reading

TODAY,S NEWS:- APRIL 14,2014
From- The Hindu

India to open FDI gate to Pakistan

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• India has decided in principle to allow foreign direct investment from Pakistan, as part of the road map to enhance economic engagement, a development that is expected to boost bilateral trade.
• “As part of the initiatives to promote liberal trade, India has in principle agreed to FDI from Pakistan,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said on Friday, after meeting Pakistan Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim here.Mr. Sharma said the procedures, and the requirements, for allowing FDI were being formulated, and would soon be notified.
• Both countries have also agreed in principle to allow opening of bank branches to guarantee smooth trade. This is the upshot of several rounds of talks between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of Pakistan.“Both the RBI and the State Bank of Pakistan are in favour of opening up branches on both sides of the border,” Mr. Sharma said.On this count, Mr. Fahim said, both sides were on the same page.
• Encouraged by the pro-active steps taken by Pakistan, India would carry out a review of 30 per cent of the ‘sensitive list' in the next four months as a confidence-building measure, Mr. Sharma said.
• Pakistani banks and businesses are keen on setting up shop in India, and the decision could pave the way for their entry into the country.
• An India-Pakistan business council would be set up soon. It would be co-chaired by both countries.
• Mr. Fahim said talks were being held for cooperation in the textiles trade.“We have also decided to begin negotiations in the hospitality, education and tourism sectors, and experts groups would be constituted to work out the modalities for talks,” he said.
• Later, Mr. Sharma and Mr. Fahim left for the Attari-Wagah border, near Amritsar, to inaugurate the second Integrated Check Post, which will facilitate a smooth flow of road traffic and give traders and people crossing the border upgraded and modern infrastructure.

US historian's visa extended by a year 

• In a reprieve for the controversial US historian Peter Heehs, who faced deportation from India, the Union Home Ministry extended his visa by one more year with effect from April 15.
• Home Ministry sources said the formal order on extension of Heehs'a visa was issued on Friday.
• Heehs, whose visa will expire on April 15, had applied for extension of his stay before the Puducherry Foreigner Regional Registration Officer (FRRO).
• But following complaints by some of the followers of Sri Aurobindo that the historian had allegedly depicted a distorted picture of the freedom fighter and spiritual leader in a biography, the FRRO decided not to extend his visa.
• When the matter was reported in the media, Home Minister P Chidambaram announced that he had asked for a suo motu review of the case and he would take an appropriate decision.

• The American historian, who is an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, had spent nearly four decades in India working on a project of digitisation and archival of works of freedom fighter and spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo.

Becoming full member, India will strengthen SCO: Krishna 

 

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• India will lend more weight to the Shanghai regional group when it joins it as a full member, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Friday.
• “India has something substantial to offer to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in terms of strengthening the group,” he said at a joint press conference with his Russian and Chinese counterparts after the 11th trilateral meeting in RIC format here.
• “India, with its billion-strong population, plays a very important role in the Shanghai regional group, where it has an observer status, and therefore India has expressed the desire to be involved in the organisation much more than it is today,” Mr. Krishna said.
• Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow supported granting full membership to India, as well as to Pakistan, “which has also sent in its application.”
• He said the SCO came up for discussion at the RIC meeting and it was reiterated that the group was an “open” organisation.
• Mr. Lavrov said the Shanghai group was now finalising the legal, organisational and financial aspects of admitting new members. He hoped that all formalities would be completed “in a short time and we can take the decision to admit India and Pakistan.”
• Earlier this year Russian diplomats said the SCO still lacked consensus on expansion.
• Mr. Lavrov welcomed India's participation as observer in a range of SCO activities, including the energy club, and its joining the SCO anti-terrorist structure as well as other projects in transportation, new technologies, agriculture, science and education.“There is no bar to India's greater involvement in the SCO,” he said.

Nod for Public Procurement Bill

• In yet another bid to usher in transparency and tackle corruption in state purchases, the Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a Bill which seeks to regulate public procurement worth more than Rs 50 lakh so as to provide fair treatment to bidders.
• Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, HRD and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said: “The Bill is exceptionally important as it is part of our commitment to deal with the issue of corruption. Part of our commitment is to ensure that in government functioning, there is both accountability and transparency.”
• The Public Procurement Bill, 2012, which would not apply to purchases below Rs. 50 lakh and is likely to be introduced in the current session of Parliament, seeks to codify the fundamental principles in procurement and maximise competition.        

Shah Rukh's detention in U.S. angers India

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• India on Friday reacted sharply to actor Shah Rukh Khan's two-hour detention at a New York airport on Thursday, saying the apology the United States offered was nothing but mechanical.
• India was certainly not mollified by a U.S. Department apology letter to the Indian mission in New York, which had to intervene to get Mr. Khan released. Even as the U.S. Embassy here went to great lengths to paint the incident as an aberration, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, in discussions with his Russian and Chinese counterparts in Moscow, immediately asked Indian Ambassador in Washington Nirupama Rao to take up the issue.
• He said detention and apology had become a habit with the U.S..
• While the U.S. was generous in its apology, there was no attempt at redress. The fine print after contriteness had been expressed was to advise the actor to register on a website that takes note of inconveniences suffered by a traveller to the U.S. such as racialism or repeated detentions because of mistaken identity.
• This is the second time the actor has been detained for detailed questioning at a U.S. airport and he joins several Indian Muslims, including former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and BJP leader Shahnawaz Khan, who had been singled out for attention by the U.S. authorities because of their surnames.
• The actor was detained for over two hours by immigration officials after arriving from India in a private plane with a group that included Nita, wife of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, to address students at Yale University.
• While the rest of the team passed through immigration, Mr. Khan was detained and questioned. The actor was finally allowed to go following intervention by the Consulate-General of India (CGI) in New York.
• While indignation expressed by TV channels' was picked up by the MEA, Mr. Khan joked about his detention on Twitter: “Whenever I start feeling arrogant about myself, I visit USA. The immigration guys kick the star out of stardom.” 

 Mata Prasad Pandey new U.P. Speaker

 

• Mata Prasad Pandey, Samajwadi Party MLA from Itwa in Sidhharthnagar district, was on Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly:

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  Prohibition not workable in liquor cases

• The Rajasthan Government on Friday ruled out any possibility of introducing prohibition in the State. “The prohibition introduced in the State in 1980 did not work out. Apart from the revenue loss, it had also led to a spurt in liquor smuggling and increased presence of liquor mafia in the State. The prohibition was withdrawn on August 11, 1981, Excise Minister Rajendra Pareek told the Assembly. The Minister was responding to a private member's resolution seeking a ban on liquor, tobacco and paan masala in the State.

• Gujarat has total prohibition in force but the consumption of liquor there is more than that of Rajasthan and other States. Now the Gujarat Government is also worried about the activities of liquor smugglers,” Mr. Pareek said responding to the resolution of BJP MLA Chandra Kanta Meghwal. The resolution was rejected by voice vote.
• Mr. Pareek said neighbouring Haryana too had introduced prohibition some time back but there too it was withdrawn soon.It is a fact that liquor brings revenue to the State exchequer but it also damages the health of individuals and plays havoc with families. The State cannot stop its consumption by laws. It is for social groups and NGOs to campaign against the consumption of liquor and the tobacco products, he said, adding that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had imposed the maximum tax on the tobacco products in the current State Budget.
• Responding to another private member's resolution seeking steps to stop breaking up of families and growing instances of discord in marital relationships, Urban Development & Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal said the government programmes in the past had been for emancipation of women. The State never supported the break-up of joint families. He cited the recent Supreme Court order allowing divorce for a woman if her husband is sentenced for a life term.
• Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Ashok Bairwa blamed the break-up of families on the habit of watching television serials.After watching TV serials women are leaving joint families to have their own nuclear families, he said, adding that on the part of the government the effort was to keep harmony in society.
• Mr. Bairwa said there was need to create public opinion against TV serials which were creating divisions in families and society. The resolution, moved by Suryakanta Vyas of the BJP, was rejected by voice vote.
• Another private member's resolution, moved by Prabhulal Saini of the BJP, sought the Government to recommend to the Centre on the strict adherence by the media to the norms set by the Press Council of India. There should be a watchdog in the State to ensure that the media maintained neutrality in reporting, he said.
• Information & Public relations Minister Jitendra Singh said the State Government was committed to the welfare of journalists. In order to keep media persons free from the hassles of day-to-day existence and to help them carry out their responsibilities dispassionately the Government had been implementing various schemes for the welfare of journalists. In this connection Dr. Singh said the insurance cover for journalists had been raised to Rs.2 lakhs from 1 lakh. The State would be paying 90 per cent of the premium, he noted.

World trade to slow down to 3.7 % in 2012

• The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has projected a further slowdown in world trade, pegging the growth at 3.7 per cent for 2012.
• World trade expanded in 2011 by 5 per cent, a sharp deceleration from the 2010 rebound of 13.8 per cent. It attributed the slowdown to the global economy losing momentum due to a number of shocks, including the European sovereign debt crisis. Multiple economic setbacks during 2011 dampened growth beyond expectations and led to a stronger than anticipated easing in the fourth quarter, according a report released by the WTO.
• “More than three years have passed since the trade collapse of 2008-09, but the world economy and trade remain fragile. The further slowing of trade expected in 2012 shows that the downside risks remain high. We are not yet out of the woods,” WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said.
• “The WTO has so far deterred economic nationalism, but the sluggish pace of recovery raises concerns that a steady trickle of restrictive trade measures could gradually undermine the benefits of trade openness. It is time to do no harm. WTO members should turn their attention on revitalising the trading system,” he further said.
• The preliminary figure of 5 per cent for world merchandise trade growth in 2011 is down 0.8 points from its most recent forecast in September 2011.It said India recorded exports growth of 16 per cent in 2011, the fastest in the world in volume terms last year.
•  “India had the fastest export growth among major traders in 2011, with shipments rising 16.1 per cent. China had the second-fastest export growth of many major economies at 9.3 per cent,” the report said.India also emerged as the second-fastest importer after China growing at 6 per cent in 2011. While, Indian exports increased the fastest in the world in volume terms, in terms of dollar realisation, the growth has been slowing sharply since August 2011, according to Commerce Ministry data.
• WTO economists said the weak import demand from the Europe and the U.S. would adversely affect the emerging and developing countries such as India. The U.S. and the European Union together account for nearly 35 per cent of India's exports of $245.9 billion in 2010-11, as per India's trade data. 

Black Money

• The government has maintained that there are no reliable estimates of black money generated held within and outside the country. It says the different estimates of the quantum of black money range between $500 to $1,400 billion. A study by the Global Financial Integrity Group has estimated the illicit outflow at about $462 billion. Will the government be able to bring back black money from abroad?