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Naxal-hit Areas Of Chhattisgarh See Sharp Decline In Population

Naxal-hit Areas Of Chhattisgarh See Sharp Decline In Population

by The Daily Eye Team June 12 2014, 7:27 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 42 secs

Industrialisation and forced sterilization programmes may be some reasons for the trend Growth of population in Chhattisgarh’s Naxalite-hit areas like Bijapur and Dantewada has seen a sharp decline and the number of people residing in Raipur, the capital of the state, has increased rapidly, according to the recently-released census figures of 2011 for the state. According to a few experts, the trend can be attributed to decrease in livelihood opportunities (caused by deforestation) and counter-insurgency operations resulting in large-scale migration out of the Naxalite and tribal belt of Chhattisgarh.

The figures suggest that districts like Bijapur, Nanarayanpur, Kankar, Dhantar, Dantewada, Bastar, Koriya, Sarguja and Korbahave witnessed a sharp decrease in the growth rate of population in the last three decades. Out of these, population numbers in Bijapur, Koriya and Dhantar have seen maximum decline.

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