Punjab

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                                     Units        Year      Punjab    India
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Area                                '000 sq.kms.               50     3,287
Population                          Millions      1991         20       846
Population growth per annum         percent      1981-91      1.9       2.1
Urbanisation                        percent       1991         30        26
Infant mortality per '000 births                  1991         53        80
Literacy rate                       percent       1991         59        52

Net State Domestic Product (SDP)    Rs.crore     1991-92   19,621   489,277
Per cap. State Domestic Product     Rupees       1991-92    9,643     5,781
Growth in Real per cap. SDP         % p.a.       1980-92      3.4       3.0

Share of agriculture in SDP         percent      1988-89       47        34
Share of industry in SDP            percent      1988-89       20        26
Share of services in SDP            percent      1988-89       33        40

Foodgrain production                '000 tns.    1990-93   19,630   173,140
Per capita foodgrain production     kilograms    1990-93      957       201
Yield of foodgrains                 kgs/hectare  1990-93    3,461     1,388

Number of factories                 numbers      1989-90    6,136   107,992
Value of output from manufacturing  Rs.crore     1989-90   12,178   230,659
Value added from manufacturing      Rs.crore     1989-90    2,148    43,373

Consumption of commercial energy    '000 toe     1992-93   10,366   200,321
Power generation                    GWH          1992-93   10,066   300,989
Power consumption                   GWH          1992-93   17,506   279,824
Railway route length / '000 sq.km.  kms.         1992-93    42.12     19.01
Road length / '000 sq.km.           kms.         1987-88    1,010       544
Number of bank offices              numbers      Mar 1994   2,206    61,852
Bank offices per lakh population    numbers      Mar 1994    10.5       6.9
Per capita bank deposits            Rupees       Mar 1994   7,084     3,562

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Last updated: May 1995.