Socio-Economic Caste Census-2011 (SECC-2011) is a study of socio economic status of rural and urban households and allows ranking of households based on predefined parameters. SECC-2011 was conducted under the supervision of Department of Rural Development, government of India. It has three components conducted by three different authorities:
- Census in Rural areas – conducted by Department of Rural Development (DoRD)
- Census in Urban areas – conducted by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA)
- Caste Census – under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs: Registrar General of India (RGI) and Census Commissioner of India
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The census data is widely used in various researches across the different spectrums to develop the understanding of India’s household economic progress.
Important Parameters:
- While preparing deprivation data, the total of seven deprivation parameters are used:
- Households with one or less room, kuccha walls and kuccha roof
- No adult member in household between age 18 and 59
- Female headed household with no adult male member between 16 and 59
- Households with differently able member with no other able bodied adult member
- SC/ST Households
- Households with no literate adult above age 25 years
- Landless households deriving a major part of their income from manual labour
Summary of SECC–2011
Following is the brief summary of SECC-2011:
Total households in the country |
24.49 crore |
Total rural households in the country |
17.97 crore |
Rural Data |
Total rural households in the country |
17.97 crore |
Household with any of the 7 deprivations |
8.73 crore |
Household income |
Manual Casual labour |
9.20 crore (51.18%) |
Cultivation |
5.41 crore (30.10%) |
Part time or full time domestic service |
44.87 lakh (2.50%) |
Non Agricultural own account enterprise |
28.88 Lakh (1.61%) |
Begging/charity/alms |
6.69 Lakh (0.37%) |
Rag picking, etc. |
4.10 Lakh (0.23%) |
Others ( including government service, private service, PSU employment, etc. |
2.51 Crore (13.97%) |
Urban Data |
Total urban households in the country |
6.52 crore |
Total population |
29.99 crore |
Total male population |
15.65 crore |
Total female population |
14.33 crore |
Total transgender population |
0.03 crore |
Total SC population |
3.70 crore |
Total ST population |
0.76 crore |
References
http://secc.gov.in
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