DENSITY OF POPULATION, 2011

GROWTH OF POPULATION2001-2011

CHILD SEX RATIO IN AGE GROUP 0-6, 2011

Data Product Code00-003-2011-Cen-Data Sheet(E)

Females 58,64,69,174

Total Population 1,21,01,93,422

Males 62,37,24,248

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS - INDIA - DATA SHEET

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EFECTIVE FEMALELITERACY RATE, 2011

POPULATION, 2011

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Notes:

1. The figures for India and Manipur, include by sex, the estimated population, 0-6 population and literates of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur for Census 2001 and 2011.2. For working out density of India and the State of Jammu & Kashmir, the entire area and population of those portions of Jammu & Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China have not been taken into account.3. For Census 2011, the population of “Others” has been clubbed with the “Males” for working out population, 0-6 population, literates and related rates and ratios.

Source: Series-1, India, Provisional Population Totals, Paper-I of 2011

Japan 1.9% U.S.A 4.5%

Nigeria 2.3% Brazil 2.8%

Russian Fed 2.0% Indonesia 3.4%

India 17.5%Other Countries

41.2%

China 19.4%

Bangladesh 2.4% Pakistan 2.7%

India in World Population

•Population of India, at 1210.2 million, is almost equal to the combined population of U.S.A., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together- the population of these six countries totals 1214.3 million!

•Population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011. The absolute addition is slightly lower than the population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world!

Population (in millions), India: 1901-2011

1210.191200.00

1400.00

252 09 251 32278.98

318.66

361.09

439.23

548.16

683.33

846.42

1028.74

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•2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 1911-1921) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previousdecade.

•Census 2011 marks a milestone in the demographic history of the country as the percentage decadalgrowth during 2001-2011has registered the sharpest decline since independence. For 2001-2011, this decadal growth has become 17.64 percent, a decrease of 3.90 percentage points from 21.54 percent for the period 2001-2011.

Child sex ratio 0-6 years and overall sex ratio India: 1961-2011

976

964

962

945

927

914

941

930

934

927

933 940

900

910

920

930

940

950

960

970

980

990

1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

Sex ratio 0-6

Overall sex ratio

Census Years

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ales

•The sex ratio of India is 940, the highest since 1971. The sex ratio has risen by seven points since Census 2001.

•Majority of the States identified as gender critical have shown increasing trend in the sex ratio.

•Sex ratio has arisen in all major States, except two, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir.

•The fall in child sex ratio has been unabated since 1961. As per Census 2011, it has declined to reach an all time low of 914.

21.64

24.824.66

23.87

21.54

17.6419.91

23.01

25.4325.12

24.99

20.92

23.00

26.17

24.08

22.92

18.90

14.99

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16

18

20

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Non-EAG States/UTs

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1961

-197

1

1971

-198

1

1981

-199

1

1991

-200

1

2001

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Growth rates of India, EAG States and non- EAG States and Union Territories, 1951-1961 to 2001-2011

•For the first time, there is a significant fall in growth rate of population in the EAG States after decades of stagnation.

•The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have all fallen during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001, the fall being the lowest for Andhra Pradesh (3.5 percentage points) and highest for Maharashtra (6.7 percentage points).

EAG States: • Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa

Population share of States and Union Territories, India: 2011

•Uttar Pradesh is the most populous State with almost 200 million people, which is more than the population of Brazil.

•The combined population of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra (the second most populous State), at 312 million, is substantially greater than the population of USA.

•Three-fifth of India’s population live in one of the seven States:

Uttar Pradesh: 199.6 millionMaharashtra: 112.4 millionBihar: 103.8 millionWest Bengal: 91.3 millionAndhra Pradesh: 84.7 millionMadhya Pradesh: 72.6 millionTamil Nadu: 72.1 million

•The least populous State is Sikkim.

•Among the Union Territories, NCT of Delhi is the most populous.

Tamil Nadu 6%

Rajasthan 6%

Bihar 9%Karnataka 5%

Maharashtra 9%Orissa 3%

Kerala 3%

Jharkhand 3%

Assam 3%

Punjab 2%

Gujarat 5%

Uttar Pradesh 16%

Madhya Pradesh 6%

Andhra Pradesh 7%

West Bengal 8%

Haryana 2%

Chhattisgarh 2%

Uttaranchal 1%

Jammu Kashmir 1%

Delhi 1%

Other States & UTs 2%

Area and population 2011 (States/Union Territories)

•The population density of India has gone up to 382 persons per sq. km. in 2011 from 325 persons per sq. km. in 2001.

•India accounts for a meagre 2.4 percent of the world surface area of 135.79 million sq. km and it supports and sustains 17.5 percent of the world population. In contrast, the USA accounts for 7.2 percent of the surface area with only 4.5 per cent of the world population.

•Amongst States, Bihar is the most densely populated State with 1102 persons/sq. km. and Arunachal Pradesh the least densely populated State with 17 persons/sq. km. in 2011.

Note•While working out the figures for Jammu & Kashmir, the entire area and population of those portions of Jammu & Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China have not been taken into account.

Density of Population

PROVISIONAL POPLUATION TOTALS 5

Figure 30 Area and population 2011 (States/Union Territories)

Bihar

Assam

Arunachal Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andaman & Nicobar Islands Area

Population

Jharkhand

Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

Haryana

Gujrat

Goa

Delhi

Daman & Diu

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Chhattisgarh

Chandigarh

Bihar

Punjab

Puducherry

Orissa

Nagaland

Mizoram

Meghalaya

Manipur

Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh

Lakshadweep

Kerela

Karnataka

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

West Bengal

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

Tripura

Tamil Nadu

Sikkim

Rajasthan

Literacy rates by gender and male-female gap in literacy rates, India: 1951-2011

82.14

8090

Persons

18.33

28.334.45

43.57

52.21

64.83

74.04

27.16

40.445.96

56.3864.13

75.26

8.8615.35

21.97

29.76

39.29

53.67

65.46

18.325.05

23.98

26.62

24.8421.59

16.68

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Males

Females

Male-Female gap in literacy rate

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1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

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CENSUS YEAR

•Literates constitute 74 percent of the total population aged seven and above.

•A decline of 31,196,847 among illiterates is noted in Census 2011, a significant milestone!

•Out of 217,700,941 literates added during the decade, females (110,069,001) out number males (107,631,940).

•Literacy rates for males and females work out to be 82.14 percent (+ 6.88) and 65.46 percent (+11.79) has Increased compared to 2001. The gender gap in literacy rate has reduced.

State/ UTCode

India/State/Union Territory# Total Population

Males Females Percentage Decadal Growth 2001-2011

Sex ratio

Density (persons per sq.km.)

Child Population 0-6 Years

Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Years)

Literacy rate Persons

Literacy rate Males

Literacy rate Females

64.5641.2840.47419782,987,85128304946.71471,964,685842,427,326224,391,012,1AIDNI

10.8562.8747.86958246,800,242138817.32563,388,5165,566,6629,845,21RIMHSAK & UMMAJ10

06.6738.0987.38609468,36732147918.21716,283,3298,374,3905,658,6HSEDARP LAHCAMIH20

43.1784.1886.67648075,149,205539837.31714,960,31918,436,41632,407,72BAJNUP30

04 CHANDIGARH# 1,054,686 580,282 474,404 17.10 818 9,252 117,953 867 86.43 90.54 81.38

07.0733.8836.97688448,823,198136971.91475,269,4871,451,5257,611,01DNAHKARATTU50

77.6683.5846.67038427,792,337577809.91159,748,11031,505,31180,353,52ANAYRAH60

07 NCT OF DELHI# 16,753,235 8,976,410 7,776,825 20.96 866 11,297 1,970,510 866 86.34 91.03 80.93

66.2515.0860.76388619,405,0110262944.12629,000,33680,026,53210,126,86NAHTSAJAR80

62.9542.9727.96998532,827,9282880990.02260,589,49514,695,401774,185,991HSEDARP RATTU90

33.3593.3728.36339922,285,81201,161970.52092,916,94743,581,45736,408,301RAHIB01

34.6792.7802.28449770,166898863.21720,682166,123886,706MIKKIS11

75.9596.3759.66069957,2027102929.52973,266232,027116,283,1HSEDARP LAHCANURA21

96.6792.3811.08449189,58291113974.0-598,459707,520,1206,089,1DNALAGAN31

71.3794.6858.97439732,35322178956.81299,153,1467,963,1657,127,2RUPINAM41

04.9827.3985.19179635,5612557987.22576,835933,255410,190,1MAROZIM51

51.3881.2957.78359550,44405316957.41561,997,1768,178,1230,176,3ARUPIRT61

87.3771.7784.57079228,55523168928.72933,174,1866,294,1700,469,2AYALAHGEM71

72.7618.8781.37759703,115,479345939.61543,412,51729,459,51272,961,13MASSA81

61.1776.2880.77059995,211,01920,174939.31743,024,44983,729,64637,743,19LAGNEB TSEW91

12.6554.8736.76349285,732,541474943.22055,430,61886,139,61832,669,23DNAHKRAHJ02

63.4604.2854.37439056,530,596287979.31086,547,02876,102,12853,749,14ASSIRO12

95.0654.1840.17469820,485,398119995.22182,217,21519,728,21691,045,52HRAGSITTAHHC22

20.0635.0836.07219592,845,0163203903.02546,489,43029,216,73565,795,27HSEDARP AYHDAM32

37.0732.7813.97688671,494,780381971.91643,109,82282,284,13826,383,06 TARAJUG42

25 DAMAN & DIU# 242,911 150,100 92,811 53.54 618 2,169 25,880 909 87.07 91.48 79.59

26 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI# 342,853 193,178 149,675 55.50 775 698 49,196 924 77.65 86.46 65.93

84.5728.9819.28388573,848,2156352999.51575,110,45793,163,85279,273,211ARTHSARAHAM72

47.9565.5766.76349686,246,880329901.11256,551,24188,905,24335,566,48HSEDARP ARHDNA82

31.8658.2806.57349108,558,691386976.51269,270,03247,750,13407,031,16AKATANRAK92

48.1818.2904.78029594,93149386971.8210,717117,047327,754,1AOG03

31 LAKSHADWEEP# 64,429 33,106 31,323 6.23 946 2,013 7,088 908 92.28 96.11 88.25

89.1920.6919.39959742,223,3958480,168.4783,663,71092,120,61776,783,33ALAREK23

68.3718.6833.08649128,498,655559906.51780,089,53178,851,63859,831,27UDAN LIMAT33

34 PUDUCHERRY# 1,244,464 610,485 633,979 27.72 1,038 2,598 127,610 965 86.55 92.12 81.22

35 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS# 379,944 202,330 177,614 6.68 878 46 39,497 966 86.27 90.11 81.84Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 Censuses relate to population aged five years and above. The rates for the 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Census relate to the population aged seven years and above.

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS - INDIA - DATA SHEET

Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, IndiaMinistry of Home Affairs

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