Sunday, January 11, 2015

World Presidents and Prime Ministers 2015

A
Afghanistan : Capital - Kabul; President - Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
Albania : Capital - Tirana; President - Bujar Nishani; Prime Minister - Edi Rama
Algeria : Capital - Algiers; President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Prime Minister - (Acting) Youcef Yousfi
Angola : Capital - Luanda; President - Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Antigua and Barbuda : Capital - St. John's; Governor General-Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack, Prime Minister - Baldwin Spencer
Argentina : Capital - Buenos Aires; President - Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner
Armenia : Capital - Yerevan; President - Serzh Sargsian; Prime Minister - Tigran Sargsian
Aruba : Capital - Oranjestad; Governor-Fredis Refunjol; Prime Minister - Michiel Godfried Eman
Australia : Capital - Canberra; Governor General-Quentin Alice Louise Bryce; Prime Minister - Tony Abbott
Austria : Capital - Vienna; President - Heinz Fischer; Chancellor-Werner Faymann
Azerbaijan : Capital - Baku; President - Ilham Aliyev; Prime Minister - Artur Rasizade

B
Bahamas, The :
 Capital - Nassau; Governor General-Arthur Foulkes; Prime Minister - Perry Gladstone Christie
Bahrain : Capital - Manama; King-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa; Prime Minister - Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa
Bangladesh : Capital - Dhaka; President - Abdul Hamid; Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
Barbados : Capital - Bridgetown; Governor General-Elliot Belgrave; Prime Minister - Freundel Stuart
Belarus : Capital - Minsk; President - Aleksandr Lukashenko; Prime Minister - Mikhail Myasnikovich
Belgium : Capital - City of Brussels; King-Philippe; Prime Minister - Charles Michel
Belize : Capital - Belmopan; Governor General-Sir Colville Young; Prime Minister - Dean Oliver Barrow
Benin : Capital - Porto-Novo; President - Thomas Boni Yayi; Prime Minister - Pascal Koupaki
Bhutan - NDE : Capital - Thimphu; King-Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; Prime Minister-Tshering Tobgay
Bolivia : Capital - Sucre; President - Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Botswana : Capital - Gaborone; President - Seretse Khama Ian Khama
Brazil : Capital - Brasília; President - Dilma Rousseff
Brunei : Capital - Bandar Seri Begawan; Sultan-Sir Hassanal Bolkiah; Prime Minister - Sir Hassanal Bolkiah 
Bulgaria : Capital - Sofia; President - Rosen Plevneliev; Prime Minister - Plamen Oresharski
Burkina Faso : Capital - Ouagadougou; President - Blaise Compaore; Prime Minister - Yacouba Isaac Zida
Burundi : Capital - Bujumbura; President - Pierre Nkurunziza

C
Cabo Verde : 
Capital - Praia; President - Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca; Prime Minister - Jose Maria Pereira Neves
Cambodia : Capital - Phnom Penh; King-Norodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister - Hun Sen
Cameroon : Capital - Yaoundé; President - Paul Biya; Prime Minister - Philemon Yang
Canada : Ottawa; Governor General-David Johnston; Prime Minister - Stephen Joseph Harper
Central African Republic : Capital - Bangui; President - Michel Am-Nondroko Djotodia; Prime Minister - Mahamat Kamoun
Chad : Capital - N'djamena; President - Idriss Deby Itno; Prime Minister - Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet
Chile : Capital - Santiago; President - Michelle Bachelet
China : Capital - Beijing; President - Xi Jinping; Prime Minister - Li Keqiang
Colombia : Capital - Bogotá; President - Juan Manuel Santos
Comoros : Capital - Moroni; President: Ikililou Dhoinine
Congo, Democratic Republic of The : Capital - Kinshasa; President - Joseph Kabila; Prime Minister - Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon
Congo, Republic of The : Capital - Brazzaville; President - Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Cook Islands : Capital - Avarua; Prime Minister - Henry Puna
Costa Rica : Capital - San José; President - Luis Guillermo Solís
Cote D'ivoire : Capital - Yamoussoukro; President - Alassane Dramane Ouattara; Prime minister: Daniel Kablan Duncan
Croatia : Capital - Zagreb; President - Ivo Josipovic; Prime Minister - Zoran Milanovic
Cuba - NDE : Capital - Havana; President - General Raul Modesto Castro Ruz; Prime minister: Raúl Castro
Cyprus : Capital - Nicosia; President - Nikos Anastasiadis
Czech Republic : Capital - Prague; President - Milos Zeman; Prime Minister - Bohuslav Sobotka

D

Denmark :
 Capital - Copenhagen; Queen-Margrethe II; Prime Minister - Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Djibouti : Capital - Djibouti; President - Ismail Omar Guelleh; Prime Minister - Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Dominica : Capital - Roseau; President - Charles Savarin; Prime Minister - Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominican Republic : Capital - Santo Domingo; President - Danilo Medina Sanchez

E
Ecuador :
 Capital - Quito; President - Rafael Correa Delgado
Egypt : Capital - Cairo - President - Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi; Prime Minister - Ibrahim Mehlab
El Salvador : Capital - San Salvador; President - Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
Equatorial Guinea : Capital - Malabo; President - Brig. General Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo; Prime minister: Vicente Ehate Tomi
Eritrea : Capital - Asmara; President - Isaias Afworki
Estonia : Capital - Tallinn; President - Toomas Hendrik Ilves; Prime Minister - Taavi Roivas
Ethiopia : Capital - Addis Ababa; President - Mulatu Teshome; Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn

F
Fiji : 
Capital - Suva; President - Epeli Nailatikau; Prime Minister - Frank Bainimarama
Finland : Capital - Helsinki; President - Sauli Niinisto; Prime Minister - Jyrki Tapani Katainen
France : Capital - Paris; President - Francois Hollande; Prime Minister - Manuel Valls

G
Gabon :
 Capital - Libreville; President - Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba; Prime Minister - Frank Bainimarama
Gambia, The : Capital - Banjul; President - Yahya Jammeh
Georgia : Capital - Tbilisi; President - Giorgi Margvelashvili; Prime Minister - Irakli Garibashvili
Germany : Capital - Berlin - Fed. President - Joachim Gauck; Chancellor-Angela Merkel
Ghana : Capital - Accra; President - John Dramani Mahama
Greece : Capital - Athens; President - Karolos Papoulias; Prime Minister - Antonios Samaras
Grenada : Capital - St. George's; Governor General-Cecile La Grenade; Prime Minister - Keith Mitchell
Guatemala : Capital - Guatemala City; President - Otto Fernando Perez Molina
Guinea : Capital - Conakry; President - Alpha Conde; Prime Minister - Mohamed Said Fofana
Guinea-Bissau : Capital - Bissau; President - José Mário Vaz; Prime Minister - Domingos Simões Pereira
Guyana : Capital - Georgetown; President - Donald Ramotar; Prime Minister - Sam Hinds

H
Haiti :
 Capital - Port-Au-Prince; President - Michel Martelly; Prime Minister - Laurent Lamothe
Honduras : Capital - Tegucigalpa; President - Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado
Hungary : Capital - Budapest; President - Janos Ader; Prime Minister - Viktor Orban

I
Iceland :
 Capital - Reykjavik; President - Olafur Ragnar Grimsson; Prime Minister - Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson
India : Capital - New Delhi; President - Pranab Mukherjee; Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
Indonesia : Capital - Jakarta; President - Joko Widodo
Iran - NDE : Capital - Tehran; President - Hasan Fereidun Ruhani; President : Hassan Rouhani
Iraq : Capital - Baghdad; Supreme Leader-Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei; President - Fuad Masum; Prime Minister - Haider al-Abadi
Ireland : Capital - Dublin; President - Michael Daniel Higgins; Prime Minister - Enda Kenny
Israel : Capital - Jerusalem; President - Reuven Rivlin; Prime Minister - Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu
Italy : Capital - Rome; President - Giorgio Napolitano; Prime Minister - Matteo Renzi

J
Jamaica : 
Capital - Kingston; Governor General-Patrick Linton Allen; Prime Minister - Portia Simpson-Miller
Japan : Capital - Tokyo; Emperor-Akihito; Prime Minister - Shinzo Abe
Jordan : Capital - Amman; King-Abdallah II; Prime Minister - Abdullah Nsour

K
Kazakhstan : 
Capital - Astana; President - Nursultan Nazarbayev; Prime Minister - Serik Akhmetov
Kenya : Capital - Nairobi; President - Uhuru Kenyatta
Kiribati : Capital - South Tarawa; President - Anote Tong
North, South NDE : Capital - Pyongyang;  Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un
Korea, South : Capital - Seoul; President - Park Geun-Hye; Prime Minister - Chung Hong-Won
Kosovo : Capital - Pristina; President - Atifete Jahjaga; Prime Minister - Hashim Thaci
Kuwait : Capital - Kuwait City; Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah; Prime Minister - Jabir Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan : Capital - Bishkek; President - Almazbek Atambaev; Prime Minister - Joomart Otorbaev

L
Laos :
 Capital - Vientiane President - Lt. General Choummali Saignason; Prime Minister - Thongsing Thammavong
Latvia : Capital - Riga; President - Andris Berzins; Prime Minister - Laimdota Straujuma
Lebanon : Capital - Beirut; President - Michel Sulayman; Prime Minister - Tamam Salam
Lesotho : Capital - Maseru; King-Letsie III; Prime Minister - Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
Liberia : Capital - Monrovia; President - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Libya : Capital - Tripoli; President - Nuri Abu Sahmayn; Prime Minister - Abdullah al-Thani
Liechtenstein : Capital - Vaduz; Head of State-Prince Hans Adam II; Prime Minister - Klaus Tschuetscher
Lithuania : Capital - Vilnius; President - Dalia Grybauskaite; Prime Minister - Algirdas Butkevicius
Luxembourg : Capital - Luxembourg; Grand Duke-Henri; Prime Minister - Xavier Bettel

M
Macedonia :
 Capital - Skopje; President - Gjorge Ivanov; Prime Minister - Nikola Gruevski
Madagascar : Capital - Antananarivo; President - Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoari
Malawi : Capital - Lilongwe; President - Peter Mutharika
Malaysia : Capital - Kuala Lumpur; King-Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah; Prime Minister - Najib Razak
Maldives : Capital - Malé; President - Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
Mali : Capital - Bamako; President - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita; Prime Minister - Modibo Keita
Malta : Capital - Valletta; President - Marie Louise Coleiro Preca; Prime Minister - Joseph Muscat
Marshall Islands : Capital - Majuro; President - Christopher Jorebon Loeak
Mauritania : Capital - Nouakchott; President - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz; Prime Minister - Yahya Ould Hademine
Mauritius : Capital - Port Louis; President - Rajkeswur Kailash Purryag; Prime Minister - Anerood Jugnauth
Mexico : Capital - Mexico City; President - Enrique Pena Nieto
Micronesia, Federated States of : Capital - Palikir; President - Emanuel "Manny" Mori 
Moldova : Capital - ChișInău; President - Nicolae Timofti; Prime Minister - Iurie Leanca
Mongolia : Capital - Ulan Bator; President - Tsakhia Elbegdorj; Prime Minister - Chimed Saikhanbileg
Montenegro : Capital - Podgorica; President - Filip Vujanovic; Prime Minister - Milo Djukanovic
Morocco : Capital - Rabat; King-Mohammed VI; Prime Minister - Abdelillah Benkirane
Mozambique : Capital - Maputo; President - Armando Emilio Guebuza; Prime Minister - Alberto Vaquina
Myanmar : Capital - Naypyidaw; President - Thein Sein
N

Namibia :
 Capital - Windhoek; President - Hifikepunye Pohamba; Prime Minister - Hage Geingob
Nauru : Capital - Yaren District; President - Baron Divavesi Waqa
Nepal : Capital - Kathmandu; President - Dr. Ram Baran Yadav; Prime Minister: Sushil Koirala
Netherlands : Capital - Amsterdam; King-Willem-Alexander; Prime Minister - Mark Rutte
New Zealand : Capital - Wellington; Governor General-Jeremiah Mateparae; Prime Minister - John Phillip Key
Nicaragua : Capital - Managua; President - Daniel Ortega Saavedra 
Niger : Capital - Niamey; President - Issoufou Mahamadou; Prime Minister - Brigi Rafini
Nigeria : Capital - Abuja; President - Goodluck Jonathan
Norway : Capital - Oslo; King-Harald V; Prime Minister - Erna Solberg

O
Oman :
 Capital - Muscat; Sultan-Qaboos bin Said Al Said; Prime Minister - Qaboos Bin Said Al Said

P
Pakistan :
 Capital - Islamabad; President - Mamnoon Hussain; Prime Minister - Mohammad Nawaz Sharif
Palau : Capital - Melekeok; President - Jr. Thomas Esang Remengesau, 
Panama : Capital - Panama City; President - Juan Carlos Varela
Papua New Guinea : Capital - Port Moresby; Governor General-Michael Ogio; Prime Minister - Peter Paire O'neill
Paraguay : Capital - Asunción; President - Horacio Cartes Jara
Peru : Capital - Lima; President - Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso; Prime Minister - Rene Cornejo Diaz
Philippines : Capital - Manila; President - Benigno Aquino III
Poland : Capital - Warsaw; President - Bronislaw Komorowski; Prime Minister - Donald Tusk
Portugal : Capital - Lisbon; President - Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva; Prime Minister - Pedro Manuel Passos Coelho Mamede

Q
Qatar : 
Capital - Doha; Amir-Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani; Prime Minister - Abdallah Bin Nasir Bin Khalifa Al Thani

R
Romania : 
Capital - Bucharest; President - Klaus Iohannis; Prime Minister - Victor-Viorel Ponta
Russia : Capital - Moscow; President - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; Prime Minister - Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev
Rwanda : Capital - Kigali; President - Paul Kagame; Prime Minister - Anastase Murekezi

S
Saint Kitts and Nevis : 
Capital - Basseterre; Governor General-Edmund Lawrence; Prime Minister - Dr. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas
Saint Lucia : Capital - Castries; Governor General- Dame Pearlette Louisy; Prime Minister - Kenny Davis Anthony
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Capital - Kingstown; Governor General-Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne; Prime Minister - Ralph Everard Gonsalves
Samoa : Capital - Apia; Chief of State-Tui Atua Tupua Tupuola Efi Tamasese; Prime Minister - Fatiaalofa Aiono Lupesolia'i Sailele Malielegaoi Tuilaepa
Sao Tome and Principe : Capital - São Tomé; President - Manuel Pinto Da Costa; Prime Minister - Patrice Trovoada
Saudi Arabia : Capital - Riyadh; King-Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud; Prime Minister - Abdallah Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud
Senegal : Capital - Dakar; President - Macky Sall; Prime Minister - Aminata Toure
Serbia : Capital - Belgrade; President - Tomislav Nikolic; Prime Minister - Aleksandar Vučić
Seychelles : Capital - Victoria; President - James Alix Michel
Sierra Leone : Capital - Freetown; President - Ernest Bai Koroma
Singapore : President - Tony Tan Keng Yam; Prime Minister - Lee Hsien Loong
Slovakia : Capital - Bratislava; President - Ivan Gasparovic; Prime Minister - Robert Fico
Slovenia : Capital - Ljubljana; President - Borut Pahor; Prime Minister - Alenka Bratusek
Solomon Islands : Capital - Honiara; Governor General-Frank Ofagioro Kabui; Prime Minister - Gordon Darcy Lilo
Somalia : Capital - Mogadishu; President - Hassan Sheikh Mahamud; Prime Minister - Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
South Africa : Capital - Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein; President - Jacob Zuma
South Sudan : Capital - Juba; President - Salva Kiir Mayardit
Spain : Capital - Madrid; President - Of The Govt. Mariano Rajoy Brey
Sri Lanka : Capital - Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo; President - Maithripala Sirisena; Prime Minister - Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sudan : Capital - Khartoum; President - Umar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, Field Mar
Suriname : Capital - Paramaribo; President - Desire Delano Bouterse
Swaziland : Capital - Lobamba, Mbabane; King-Mswati III; Prime Minister - Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini
Sweden : Capital - Stockholm; King-Carl XVI Gustaf; Prime Minister - Fredrik Reinfeldt
Syria : Capital - Damascus; President - Bashar Al-Asad; Prime Minister - Wael Al-Halqi

T
Taiwan - NDE : 
Capital - Taipei; President - Ma Ying-Jeou
Tajikistan : Capital - Dushanbe; President - Emomali Rahmon; Prime Minister - Qohir Rasulzoda
Tanzania : Capital - Dodoma; President - Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete; Prime Minister - Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda
Thailand :
 Capital - Bangkok; King-Phumiphon Adunyadet
Timor-Leste : Capital - Dili; President - Taur Matan Ruak; Prime Minister - Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Togo : Capital - Lomé; President - Faure Gnassingbe; Prime Minister - Kwesi Seleagodji Ahoomey-Zunu
Tonga : Capital - NukuʻAlofa; King-Tupou VI; Prime Minister - Akilisi Pohiva
Trinidad and Tobago : Capital - Port of Spain; President - Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona; Prime Minister - Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Tunisia : Capital - Tunis; President - Moncef Marzouki; Prime Minister - Mehdi Jomaa
Turkey : Capital - Ankara; President - Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Prime Minister - Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkmenistan : Capital - Ashgabat; President - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Tuvalu : Capital - Funafuti; Governor General-Iakoba Italeli; Prime Minister - Enele Sopoaga

U
Uganda :
 Capital - Kampala; President -Yoweri Kaguta Museveni; Prime Minister - Ruhakana Rugunda
Ukraine : Capital - Kiev; President - Petro Poroshenko; Prime Minister - Arseniy Yatsenyuk
United Arab Emirates : Capital - Abu Dhabi; President - Khalifa Bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan; Prime Minister - Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum
United States of America : Capital - Washington, D.C., President - Barack Obama
United Kingdom : Capital - London; Queen-Elizabeth II; Prime Minister - David William Donald Cameron
Uruguay : Capital - Montevideo; President - Jose "Pepe" Mujica Cordano
Uzbekistan : Capital - Tashkent; President - Islom Karimov; Prime Minister - Shavkat Mirziyoyev

V
Vanuatu : 
Capital - Port Vila; President - Lolu Johnson Abbil; Prime Minister - Moana Carcasses Kalosil
Venezuela : Capital - Caracas; President - Nicolas Maduro Moros
Vietnam : Capital - Hanoi; President - Truong Tan Sang; Prime Minister - Nguyen Tan Dung

Y
Yemen :
 Capital - Sana'a; President - Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi; Prime Minister - Muhammad Salim Ba Sindwah

Z
Zambia :
 Capital - Lusaka; President - Michael Chilufya Sata
Zimbabwe : Capital - Harare; President - Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Census 2011 – Important Facts

Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872. The slogan of Census 2011 is "Our Census, Our Future".

The present Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India is Dr. C. Chandramouli.

Census 2011 covered 35 States/Union Territories, 640 districts, 5,924 Sub-districts, 7,933 Towns and 6, 40,930 Villages. 

Total Population
  • The total population of India at 0.00 hours of 1st March 2011 is 1210.6 million.
  • India’s population accounts for 17.5 per cent of world population.
  • The country’s population is almost equal to the populations of the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together.
  • Out of the total increase of 182 million added in the last decade, the contribution of rural and urban areas is equal (91.0 million each).
  • The absolute addition is slightly lower than the population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world.
  • This makes 2001-2011 as the first decade with the exception of 1911-1921 which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade.
  • The rural population is 833.5 million and the urban population 377.1 million.
  • The rural population constitutes 68.8% and urban population 31.2% of the total population.
  • Uttar Pradesh is the most populous State with 199 million people followed by Maharashtra at 112 million people and Lakshadweep is the least populated at 64,429 persons.
  • Uttar Pradesh has the largest rural population of 155.3 million (18.6% of the country's rural population).
  • Maharashtra has the highest urban population of 50.8 million (13.5% of country's urban population) in the country.
  • Himachal Pradesh (90.0%) has the largest proportion of rural population.
  • Delhi (97.5%) has the highest proportion of urban population.
  • Thane of Maharashtra is the most populated District in India.
  • Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, is the least populated District in India.
Growth Rate
  • The growth rate of population in India in the last decade is 17.7% (Rural - 12.3%; Urban - 31.8%).
  • Meghalaya (27.2%) has recorded the highest decadal growth rate in rural population.
  • Daman & Diu (218.8 %) recorded the highest decadal growth rate in urban population during 2001-2011.
Population Density
  • Population density in Census 2011 works out to be 382 showing an increase of 57 points from 2001.
  • Delhi (11,320) turns out to be the most densely inhabited followed by Chandigarh (9,258) among all States/UTs, both in 2001 and 2011 Census.
  • Among the major States, Bihar occupies the first position with a density of 1106, surpassing West Bengal which occupied the first position during 2001.
  • The minimum population density works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17) for both Censuses.
  • Among districts in India, highest density district is North East Delhi (37,346 per Sq KM) and lowest density district is Dibang of Arunachal Pradesh (1 per Sq KM).
Sex Ratio 
  • The Sex Ratio in the country which was 933 in 2001 has increased by 7 points to 940 in 2011.
  • In rural areas, the sex ratio has increased from 946 to 949.
  • The corresponding increase in urban areas has been by 29 points from 900 to 929.
  • Kerala has recorded the highest sex ratio (1084) in respect of total population.
  • Daman and Diu recorded the lowest sex ratio (618) among States and UTs.
  • The lowest sex ratio in rural areas has been recorded in Chandigarh (690).
  • The corresponding value in urban areas has been returned in Daman & Diu (551).
Child Population 
  • The child population in the age group of 0-6 years stands at 164.5 million.
  • Compared to Census 2001, the Child population has increased by 0.7 million in the country.
  • The growth rate of child population works out to 0.4% in the last decade. However, there has been a decline of 4.1% in rural areas and an increase of 15.6% in urban areas.
  • Census 2011 marks a considerable fall in child sex ratio (0-6 years) from 927 to 919 (-8 points) during 2001-2011. This is the lowest sex ratio since 1961.
Scheduled Caste Population
  • The total Scheduled Caste population returned in Census 2011 is 201.4 million.
  • The Scheduled Caste population constitutes 16.6 % of the total population.
  • The highest proportion of Scheduled Castes has been recorded in Punjab (31.9 %) and the lowest in Mizoram (0.1%).
  • The highest number of Scheduled Castes has been recorded in Uttar Pradesh (41.4 million) and the lowest in Mizoram (1,218).
Scheduled Tribe Population 
  • The total Scheduled Tribe population returned in Census 2011 is 104.3 million.
  • The Scheduled Tribe population constitutes 8.6 % of the total population.
  • The highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes has been recorded in Lakshadweep (94.8 %) and the lowest in Uttar Pradesh (0.6%).
  • The highest number of Scheduled Tribes has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh (15.3 million) and the lowest in Daman & Diu (15,363).
Literacy Rate
  • The number of literates in India is 763.5 million in Census 2011.
  • Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent, showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points.
  • The literacy rate for males and females works out to 82.14 per cent and 65.46 per cent respectively.
  • The increase in literacy rate in males and females during 2001-2011 is in the order of 6.88 and 11.79 percentage points respectively.
  • The highest number of rural literates has been recorded in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of literates in urban areas.
  • In percentage terms male literates were 56.9% of the total literates and the female literates were 43.1 % of the total literates.
  • Kerala has the highest literacy rate (93.91) followed by Lakshadweep (92.28).
  • Bihar has the least literacy rate (63.82) and least goes to Arunachal Pradesh (66.95)

Undivided Andhra Pradesh Census 2011The following census of Andhra Pradesh is of the undivided State prior to the formation of Telangana:
  • Andhra Pradesh has population of 8.46 crore, an increase from 7.62 crore in 2001 census.
  • The population of Andhra Pradesh forms 6.99 percent of India in 2011.
  • The total population growth in this decade was 10.98 percent while in previous decade it was 13.86 percent.
  • Density of Andhra Pradesh is 308 per sq km which is lower than national average 382 per sq km. In 2001, density of Andhra Pradesh was 277 per sq km, while nation average in 2001 was 324 per sq km.
  • The Sex Ratio in Andhra Pradesh is 993 much better than the national average of 940.
  • Literacy rate in Andhra Pradesh is 67.02 percent while male literacy stands at 74.88 percent and female literacy is at 58.68 percent.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

POWER PLANTS IN INDIA

Nuclear power plants
Currently, twenty nuclear power reactors produce 4,780.00 MW (2.9% of total installed base)
Power stationState
KaigaKarnataka
KakraparGujarat
KalpakkamTamil Nadu
NaroraUttar Pradesh
Rawatbhata KotaRajasthan
TarapurMaharashtra
KudankulamTamil Nadu
The projects under construction are:
Power stationState
KalpakkamTamil Nadu
KakraparGujarat
RawatbhataRajasthan

HYDRO POWER PLANTS :
 1. Tehri Dam: on Bhagirathi River, Uttarakhand with Installed capacity: 1,000 MW.
 2. Bhakra nangal Dam: on Sutlej River, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh with In stalled capacity: 1325 MW.
 3. Hirakud Dam: On Mahanadi River, Orissa with the Installed capacity: 307.5 MW.
 4. Nagarjuna sagar Dam: on Krishna River, Andhra Pradesh with Installed capacity: 816 MW.
 5. Sardar Sarovar Dam: on Narmada River, Gujarat with Installed capacity: 1,450 MW.


WIND POWER PLANTS :
 Muppandal wind farm - Tamilnadu
 Vankusawade Wind Park - Maharashtra
 Vankusawade Wind Park - Karnataka
 Madhya Pradesh Wind Farm - Madhya pradesh
 Kanjikode Wind Farm - Kerala


THERMAL POWER PLANTS :
 Vindyachal power plant - Madhya pradesh
 Talcher power plant - Orissa
 Ramagundam power plant - Andhra pradesh
 Korba power plant - Chhattisgarh
 Dadri power plant - UP
 Singrauli power plant - MP
 Farakka power plant - West Bengal


Sunday, November 2, 2014

Sobriquets - India

All Seasons State:Himachal Pradesh
Blue Mountains:Nilgiri
City of Palaces:Calcutta
City of Golden Temple:Amritsar
Garden City of India:Bangalore
Gateway of India:Mumbai
Granary of India:Punjab
Land of Five Rivers:Punjab
Pearl of the Orient:Goa
Pink City:Jaipur
Lake City:Udaipur
Switzerland of India:Kashmir
Paradise on Earth:Kashmir
Mini-Switzerland in India:Khajjar, Himachal Pradesh
Sorrow of Bengal:River Damodar
Sorrow of Bihar:River Kosi
Sorrow of Assam:Brahmaputra
Spice Garden of India:Kerala
Sugar Bowl of India:Uttar Pradesh
Tea Garden of India:Assam
Detroit of India:Pitampur
Land of Sunrise in India:Arunachal Pradesh
Manchester of South India:Coimbatore
Manchester of India:Ahmadabad
Mini Switzerland:Himachal Pradesh
City of Orange:Nagpur
Weavers City of India:Panipat
Silicon Valley of India:Bangalore
Clouds of House:Meghalaya
Gods own land of India:Kerala
Pink City:Jaipur
Hollywood of India:Mumbai
Silent Share:Ladakh
Pearl of the East:Goa

Sobriquets - World

Britain of the EastJapan
Britain of the SouthNew Zealand
Battle field of EuropeBelgium
City of CyclesBeijing
City of Dreaming SpiresOxford
City of Eternal SpringsQuito, Ecuador
City of Sky ScrapersNew York
City of Magnificent DistancesWashington D.C
City of Golden GateSan Francisco
City of Seven HillsRome
Cockpit of EuropeBelgium
Copper CountryZambia
Dark ContinentAfrica
Empire CityNew York
Emerald IslandIreland
Eternal CityRome, Italy
Forbidden CityLhasa, Tibet
Gateway of TearsStrait of Bab-el Mandeb
Garden of EnglandKent
George Cross IslandMalta
Granite CityAberdeen, Scotland
Herring PondAtlantic Ocean
Hill QueenShimla
Holy LandPalestine
Hermit KingdomKorea
Island of PearlsBahrain
Island of ClovesMadagascar
Key to the MediterraneanGibraltar
Land of EaglesAlbania
Land of Golden FleeceAustralia
Land of KangarooAustralia
Land of LiliesCanada
Land of Golden PagodaMyanmar
Land of MapleCanada
Land of Thousand LakesFinland
Land of Morning CalmKorea
Land of Rising SunJapan
Land of Setting SunBritain
Land of Midnight SunNorway
Land of LakesScotland
Land of the TulipsNetherlands
Land of White ElephantThailand
Land of Thunder BoltBhutan
Land of Thousand ElephantsLaos
Manchester of the OrientOsaka
Never, Never LandPrairies, Northern Australia
Land of Thunder DragonChina
Nation of Thousand HillsRwanda
Pearl of ArabiaBahrain
Pearl of AntillesCuba
Pillars of HerculesStrait of Gibraltar
Playground of EuropeSwitzerland
Quaker City of USAPhiladelphia
Queen of the AdriaticVenice, Italy
Roof of the WorldPamirs
Sorrow of ChinaRiver Huang Ho
Sickman of EuropeTurkey
Sugar Bowl of WorldCuba
Venice of the NorthStockholm, Sweden
White CityBelgrade
Windy CityChicago
World’s Bread BasketPrairies of North America
Island of FireIceland
Land of WindmillsPolland
Land of Perpetual GreenaryNatal
World Loneliest IslandTristanda Cunha