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Physical Features of Nainital

Nainital is known for its natural beauty. It is a pollution-free city that differentiates itself with the other tourist places of India. It has high hills, unique lakes and the rising peaks. The peaks of the city like Deo Patha, Cheena and Snow View provides the unforgettable impression of the city in memory that compels people to visit this place several times. This city is located in Kumaon division in Uttarakhand state of India and is the headquarter of the district Nainital. Tourism have made the city popular and world renowned. Nainital is well connected by road with the rest of the major cities of the country that make Nainital a significant city. It is surrounded by the other famous tourist locations like Almora from North and Udham Singh Nagar from south.

Physical features of Nainital

Considering the population of the city, Nainital is always the crowded city due to the huge population of visitors visiting it throughout the year. Moreover, according to the census 2011 this city had a population of around 955,128. It is a dwelling city for the people of different religion. However, Hindus are dominant in the city in terms of population. Different culture prevails in the city along with variety of tradition. All these facts in consideration forms the true image of the united diversity of Nainital. The physical features of Nainital includes both the demographic profile along with the climate profile of the city. Below is the deep description of the physical features of Nainital district and city as a whole.

Demographic Profile of Nainital


Nainital city is not large in area, however, it is the home for all the local people of the city and the tourists visiting it for few days. The overall population of the Nainital district in the year 2001 was 762,909 that includes 655,290 Hindus and 86,532 Muslims. After 2001 this city has experienced a large increment in the population. The literacy rate of the city is 91%, where male literacy rate is 98% and female literacy rate is 86%. This city has a higher literacy rate than the national literacy rate of 59.5%

Growth Rate of population of Nainital


This city has experienced a growth rate of 25.2% as per the statistics released by the Census department in the year between 2001 till 2011.

Density Growth in Nainital Population


There is a slight increase in the growth rate of the Nainital city that is observed during past several years. The Nainital district has a population density of 225 people per square kilometers in 2011 and it was 175 people per square kilometers in 2001.

Literacy Rate of Nainital


The literacy rate of the Nainital district is much better than the rest of India. Both male and female exceeds the national literacy rate. Female literacy rate is 86% and male literacy rate is 98% that constitutes in total an average of 91% for the entire Nainital district. The literacy rate of this district has further shown an increase as per the census survey in few years due to the availability of advanced means of educations.

Sex Ratio of Nainital


The Nainital has a more closer sex ration of adult population of male and female as compared to the rest of the India. The ration is approx 933 females over the 1000 males. As per the child sex ration is concerned, Nainital has 902 female child over 1000 male child. This is considered for children between the age of 0-6 years of age.

Child Population in Nainital as per 2011 Census


The population of any city or district is of vital importance, as it describes the future of the area. As per the survey on child population conducted in 2011 the total population of the children in Nainital district was 124,272 in with the male child constituted 65,337 and female constituted 58,935. The child population has shown a growth of 13.2% as per the 2001 census report. Apart from it, if considering the population on micro level then the Urban population in 2011 was 45,060 of which 23811 were male child and 21249 were female child which showed 12.25% of growth and as per Rural child population total is 79,212 in which 41,526 were male child and 37,686 were female child which shows 13.88% of growth of the total population.

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