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Shape of the pyramid- broad base, tapering top, signifies developing country
Overall Sex ratio
Sex ratio 0-4 yrs(male child preference, female feticide , infanticide)
Dependency ratio :ratio of combined age groups 0-14 plus >65 yrs to the 15-64
Young dependency ratio (0-14) and Old dependency ratio(>65 years)
Karnataka
940
968
Literacy rate
O
Literate
O
Karnataka
Male
82.14
82.85
Female
65.46
68.13
Total
74.04
75.60
Karnataka
21.8
18.8
7.1
7.1
Growth rate
O
Decadal growth rate/10 = Average annual exponential growth rate = 1.64 for India (Census
2011)
General Fertility Rate
Number of live births in an area during the year x 1000
Midyear female population age (15-44 or 49) in the same area in same year
81.2
65.8
Karnataka
114.4
93.9
O
O