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The latest round of National Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure and Employment/Unemployment situation reveals, that the country had 957 females per 1000 males in the rural areas while 932 females per 1000 males in the urban sector. The average household size in rural India was 5.0 including 1.8 children per household. In urban India, the average household size was 4.5 with 1.3 children.
The 59th round conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation during January-December 2003, also revealed that the average rural household size declined steadily from 6.2 in the lowest Monthly Per Capita Consumer Expenditure (MPCE) class, to 3.8 in the highest. In urban areas, the decline was from 6.6 to 2.9. This indicates that much of the variation in household size with MPCE was accounted for by the under-15 age group. The average number of members under-15 per rural household also declined from 3.1 in the lowest MPCE class to 0.8 in the highest class. In urban India, the average number of “children” per household was about 3.3 in the lowest MPCE class and 0.4 in the highest bracket.
The all India rural average MPCE was Rs.554. At State level the lowest average MPCE for rural areas was Rs.398 (Orissa) and the highest was Rs.981 (Kerala). The average rural MPCE was below Rs.450 in three states, between Rs.450 and Rs.650 in ten states and above Rs.650 in three states. Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal registered lower average MPCE than the all India average, both for rural and urban population, the survey adds.
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