Statical Information

7.1 Population

As per 2011 census the population of Jodhpur city is 10, 33, 918 persons. The population density of Jodhpur is 161 Persons per square km. The ward wise density of population is given in the table 3.5 :- The decadal growth rate of during the decade 1971-1981 was 41%, during 1981-1991, 59% and during 2001-2011 the growth rate was 21%. Population growing in Jodhpur may be attributed to the natural growth, migration; increasing employment opportunity in the city e.g. industrial development, establishment of government and semi-government offices and better facilities available in the city. This attracts large number of migrants mainly from surrounding rural areas and Other states of India for employment. Population growth trend mentioned in table 3.3 :-

Table 3.3 Population Growth Pattern

Year	Population	Growth
1941	126842
1951	180717	42%
1961	224760	24%
1971	317612	41%
1981	506345	59%
1991	666279	32%
2001	856034	28%
2011	1033918	21%
2021	1321553	27%
2031	1787904	27%

7.2 Ward Wise Density of Population

The population of Jodhpur city as per 2011 census is 10, 33, 918 and the total municipal area is about 233 sq.km. Thus the gross population density 4437 persons/sq.km on is about 45 persons/hectares. The distribution of population in 65 wards in given in table below and the same is depicted in ward wise density map of Jodhpur city. The density of population below 50 persons/hectare has been found in 18 wards, density between 51-100 persons/hectare has been found in 10 wards, density of population between 101-250 persons/hectare was found in ward 18 and between 251-500 persons/hectare was found in 8 wards. The highest density of population more than 500 persons/hectare has been found in core city comprising 11 wards.

Table 1-4 Density of Population in various Wards

Sr.No.	Population Density	No. of Wards
1	Below 50 persons	18
2	51-100	10
3	101-250	18
4	251-500	8
5	Above 500	11
Total	65

Table 1-5 Details of Ward Wise Population, area and Density

Ward No.	Population	Households	Area in ha.	Density of Population
1	18120	3149	1442	13
2	22210	3903	2624	8
3	33648	5942	1030	33
4	17118	3135	541	32
5	17294	2819	975	18
6	15009	2952	77	196
7	15516	3168	130	120
8	13257	2612	109	122
9	16238	3056	130	124
10	16544	2721	51	322
11	22723	4206	574	40
12	20317	3419	215	94
13	18618	3323	110	169
14	12469	2438	40	308
15	12929	1992	26	504
16	13424	2333	61	219
17	12217	2080	39	313
18	21701	3488	45	478
19	21782	3369	47	463
20	10989	1801	31	351
21	13649	2231	60	227
22	15675	2478	36	438
23	11716	2156	149	79
24	13789	2714	153	90
25	20545	3856	215	95
26	24970	4387	745	34
27	12745	2453	234	55
28	11817	2095	172	69
29	4931	885	47	104
30	12026	2078	72	168
31	12472	2408	63	199
32	11362	2029	20	572
33	12876	2544	26	498
34	8738	1859	113	78
35	14060	2523	20	721
36	7119	1245	29	243
37	13503	2247	23	589
38	16326	3028	32	512
39	10027	1705	186	54
40	11849	2260	49	240
41	19119	1714	948	20
42	18961	3272	656	29
43	16832	2949	1077	16
44	9503	1891	85	112
45	10725	1849	64	168
46	9349	1244	12	751
47	13892	2199	22	644
48	15023	2288	28	537
49	14746	2356	21	705
50	8995	1509	13	683
51	9915	1919	51	196
52	13149	2176	25	526
53	17343	3103	582	30
54	14885	2548	150	99
55	10486	1968	72	146
56	15583	2533	175	89
57	13702	2440	991	14
58	46295	3164	290	159
59	15145	2873	362	42
60	21262	3607	188	113
61	19948	3425	984	20
62	20432	3464	1043	20
63	21204	3810	1265	17
64	26328	3505	981	27
65	18778	3090	2431	8
Total	1033918	173983	23257

7.5 Work Force Participation

Workforce Participation of the city is 28.9% which is lower as compared to National urban (32.3). State urban (29.6) and district urban (38.3). The females’ participation is only 6.6 percent which is less than Rajasthan Urban (9.5%) and district Jodhpur urban (7.6%).

Table 3.8 Comparative Assessments – Uteracy Rate

S.No.	Area	Person	Male	Female
1	India Urban	32.3	50.6	11.9
2	Rajasthan Urban	29.6	47.4	9.5
3	Jodhpur District	38.3	48.4	27.1
4	Jodhpur Urban	29.1	48.1	7.6
5	Jodhpur City	28.9	48.4	6.6