• Dr. Ponnada Annaji Rao

At the national level the average household size in 1991 was 5.5 persons. By 2001 it has come down to 5.3 persons which further declined to 4.8 persons. It is a continuous decline in size from one census to another. In terms of percentages, decline in the first decade (1991-2001) was 3.6, and the second decade (2001-11) was 9.4 while during 1991-2011 the decline was 12.7. It clearly depicts a rather rapid decline in the size of the household at the national level. This same phenomenon is found in the rural as well as urban scenarios in all the successive censuses. However, there is an interesting observation which clearly brings out that the decline in the urban areas is slightly faster in spite of relatively smaller household size to start with in 1991 in most of the states. Another interesting observation is that the total and rural areas are practically very similar in their magnitude, and sometimes the rural average household size is slightly higher than the total, which supports the argument that India lives more in the villages. By virtue of its weight-age, the rural areas influence the overall size.

Household size, Rural, Urban

"CHANGING PATTERN OF STATE-WISE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IN INDIA – MACRO TO MICRO LEVEL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.f788-f793, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203597.pdf

"CHANGING PATTERN OF STATE-WISE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IN INDIA – MACRO TO MICRO LEVEL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppf788-f793, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203597.pdf