The percentage of cultivators had declined from 22.52% in 2001 to 16.47% in 2011. At the district level, Adilabad has the highest number of cultivators at 27.48%, and the lowest in Hyderabad.
HYDERABAD, MAY 3:  
Andhra Pradesh has lost significant number of farmers in the last one decade.
The percentage of cultivators had declined from 22.52 per cent in 2001 to 16.47 per cent in 2011, according to the primary census abstract of the State released here on Friday.
At the district level, Adilabad has highest number of cultivators at 27.48 per cent and lowest in Hyderabad, Y. V. Anuradha, Director of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh, told newspersons.

AGRI LABOURERS

The number of agricultural labourers had increased by 40 per cent.
Their number was highest in A. Kondur in Krishna district, while Nampally mandal in the State Capital had the lowest. The number of main workers (who worked for six months or more during the reference year) was over 3.30 crore and about 2.41 crore of them were in rural areas.
The sex ratio (number of females for every 1,000 males) had increased from 978 in 2001 to 993 in 2011. In rural areas and urban areas it was 996 and 987, respectively.
At the national level, the sex ratio was 943.
Among the districts, the highest sex ratio was recorded in Nizamabad at 1,040 and lowest in Hyderabad district at 954.
The proportion of child population to the total population of the State had declined from 13.35 per cent in 2001 to 10.81 per cent in 2011.
The decline was noticed in all the 23 districts.
The child sex ratio was at 939 against 919 at the national level.
This was highest in East Godavari district and lowest in Hyderabad,according to the data.
naga.gunturi@thehindu.co.in
(This article was published on May 3, 2013)