1998 i.e. below the national average of 26.5 in 1998. The crude death rate has declined from 15.6 in 1971 to 7.7 in 1998. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has declined from 4.7 to 3.6. Overall literacy grew by 34.65% between the period 1981 and 2001. Kullu district is leading with the value