6 per cent of all salaried households in rural TS pay taxes, in AP it’s 3 per cent
Telangana has more people living in urban areas than Andhra Pradesh. While TS has 31 per cent urban population, AP has 24 per cent.
Hyderabad: Telangana has more people living in urban areas than Andhra Pradesh. While TS has 31 per cent urban population, AP has 24 per cent. Telangana has beaten its neighbour in most socio economic parameters listed by the first Socio Economic and Caste Survey conducted in independent India. As per the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 released on Friday, there are about 83.06 lakh households in Telangana State to Andhra Pradesh’s 1.22 crore households.
Telangana has more cells, fridges than AP as per SECC report
The first installment of the SECC report that was released on Friday covers the rural parts of the country.
Rural Telangana has about 57.06 lakh households while AP has 92.97 lakh households. Despite this, rural TS has a higher number of salaried households than AP. Also, more salaried households in rural TS pay income or professional taxes than AP.
About 6 per cent of all salaried households in rural TS pay taxes while in AP it’s half the number. Also, more people in Telangana own mobiles phones and refrigerators. More than 83 per cent of the rural population in TS own mobile phones.
The land ownership patterns in the two states have also thrown up interesting facts. Unirrigated land in AP constitutes about 24 per cent while in TS it is 31 per cent. Proportion of agricultural lands, which receive assured irrigation water in the two states, is the same at 36 per cent.
The quantum of land though is higher in AP. AP, however, has beaten TS in terms of education as a higher proportion of the TS rural population is still illiterate. Majority of the rural populations in the two states derive their income from manual casual labour.
A whopping 59 per cent of AP’s rural population comprises casual labourers while nearly half of the rural TS population comprises casual labourers. The SECC 2011 data shows that about 26 per cent of the TS rural population derives its income from cultivation. The corresponding figure in AP is lesser at 22 per cent.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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