#Census 2011 data released: 10 key highlights
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NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday released the socio-economic and caste census (SECC) 2011 and said that it would be an important input for policy makers.
Here are some key points from the census report:
1. This is the first caste census done in Independent India.
2. The last caste census in India happened in 1932.
3. Just 4.6% of all rural households in the country pay income tax.
4. The total households in the country – rural plus urban – stand at 24.39 crore.
5. Public sector-employed households made up 1.11% of the total.
6. Over 11% rural households possessed refrigerators.
7. 20.69% rural households had either an automobile or a fishing boat.
8. 94% of the rural households owned a house with 54% cent having 1-2 room dwellings.
9. Of all the rural salaried households, 5% earned salaries from the government while those employed in the private sector constituted 3.57% of the total households.
10. Landless ownership was 56% of the total rural population, with 70% of SCs and 50% of STs being landless owners.
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