Thanks to Mumbai's active Net-surfing youngsters, Maharashtra has emerged the most active in terms of users logging on to Orkut, the global social networking site owned by search engine firm Google. Andhra Pradesh and Delhi follow close behind in data for 28 states and 7 Union territories
Top 10 states (in terms of percentage of Indian users)
- Maharashtra 19.6%
- Andhra Pradesh 9.9%
- Delhi 8.9%
- Karnataka 8.8%
- Tamil Nadu 7.7%
- Kerala 6.9%
- Uttar Pradesh 6.8%
- West Bengal 4.5%
- Gujarat 4.4%
- Madhya Pradesh 4.2%
States that had more than 1% of Indian users: Puniab (2.9%), Rajasthan (2.9%), Haryana (2.6%), Orissa (1.4%), Bihar (1.1%) Jharkhand (1.1%)
The least represented were the states of Manipur (0.001%) and Mizoram (0.007%) and Daman and Diu (0.005%) and Dadra (0.006%).
Indians were the fifth most active among Orkut users
Orkut has millions of users worldwide, though the exact number is not known. India has more users on Orkut than the US
Who's sending these scraps?
The scrapplost users hall from Pakistan, followed by Madagascar and the Contral African Republic. Among women, the most scraps come from Jamarca, then Madagascar, fo lowed by St. Plorre and Miguelon. Among men, Pakistanis sent the most, then Qatar
SINGLES BEAT MARRIED, HEAVEN BEATS HELL
Orkut also classifies people on the basis of relationship status (married, single or in love) or state of mind (Heaven or Hell) in their personal lives.
Relationship
- Married- 101
- Single- 1086
- Love- 593
Heaven Or Hell?
- People living in "the state of Heaven"- 1400
- People living "in the state of Hell"- 1331
Source:
Hindustan Times, February-27-2008
