The present Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India is Dr. C. Chandramouli. Census 2011 covered 35 States/Union Territories, 640 districts, 5,924 Sub-districts, 7,933 Towns and 6, 40,930 Villages. Total Population
- The total population of India at 0.00 hours of 1st March 2011 is 1210.6 million.
- India’s population accounts for 17.5 per cent of world population.
- The country’s population is almost equal to the populations of the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together.
- Out of the total increase of 182 million added in the last decade, the contribution of rural and urban areas is equal (91.0 million each).
- The absolute addition is slightly lower than the population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world.
- This makes 2001-2011 as the first decade with the exception of 1911-1921 which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade.
- The rural population is 833.5 million and the urban population 377.1 million.
- The rural population constitutes 68.8% and urban population 31.2% of the total population.
- Uttar Pradesh is the most populous State with 199 million people followed by Maharashtra at 112 million people and Lakshadweep is the least populated at 64,429 persons.
- Uttar Pradesh has the largest rural population of 155.3 million (18.6% of the country's rural population).
- Maharashtra has the highest urban population of 50.8 million (13.5% of country's urban population) in the country.
- Himachal Pradesh (90.0%) has the largest proportion of rural population.
- Delhi (97.5%) has the highest proportion of urban population.
- Thane of Maharashtra is the most populated District in India.
- Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, is the least populated District in India.
Growth Rate
- The growth rate of population in India in the last decade is 17.7% (Rural - 12.3%; Urban - 31.8%).
- Meghalaya (27.2%) has recorded the highest decadal growth rate in rural population.
- Daman & Diu (218.8 %) recorded the highest decadal growth rate in urban population during 2001-2011.
Population Density
- Population density in Census 2011 works out to be 382 showing an increase of 57 points from 2001.
- Delhi (11,320) turns out to be the most densely inhabited followed by Chandigarh (9,258) among all States/UTs, both in 2001 and 2011 Census.
- Among the major States, Bihar occupies the first position with a density of 1106, surpassing West Bengal which occupied the first position during 2001.
- The minimum population density works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17) for both Censuses.
- Among districts in India, highest density district is North East Delhi (37,346 per Sq KM) and lowest density district is Dibang of Arunachal Pradesh (1 per Sq KM).
Sex Ratio
- The Sex Ratio in the country which was 933 in 2001 has increased by 7 points to 940 in 2011.
- In rural areas, the sex ratio has increased from 946 to 949.
- The corresponding increase in urban areas has been by 29 points from 900 to 929.
- Kerala has recorded the highest sex ratio (1084) in respect of total population.
- Daman and Diu recorded the lowest sex ratio (618) among States and UTs.
- The lowest sex ratio in rural areas has been recorded in Chandigarh (690).
- The corresponding value in urban areas has been returned in Daman & Diu (551).
Child Population
- The child population in the age group of 0-6 years stands at 164.5 million.
- Compared to Census 2001, the Child population has increased by 0.7 million in the country.
- The growth rate of child population works out to 0.4% in the last decade. However, there has been a decline of 4.1% in rural areas and an increase of 15.6% in urban areas.
- Census 2011 marks a considerable fall in child sex ratio (0-6 years) from 927 to 919 (-8 points) during 2001-2011. This is the lowest sex ratio since 1961.
Scheduled Caste Population
- The total Scheduled Caste population returned in Census 2011 is 201.4 million.
- The Scheduled Caste population constitutes 16.6 % of the total population.
- The highest proportion of Scheduled Castes has been recorded in Punjab (31.9 %) and the lowest in Mizoram (0.1%).
- The highest number of Scheduled Castes has been recorded in Uttar Pradesh (41.4 million) and the lowest in Mizoram (1,218).
Scheduled Tribe Population
- The total Scheduled Tribe population returned in Census 2011 is 104.3 million.
- The Scheduled Tribe population constitutes 8.6 % of the total population.
- The highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes has been recorded in Lakshadweep (94.8 %) and the lowest in Uttar Pradesh (0.6%).
- The highest number of Scheduled Tribes has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh (15.3 million) and the lowest in Daman & Diu (15,363).
Literacy Rate
- The number of literates in India is 763.5 million in Census 2011.
- Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent, showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points.
- The literacy rate for males and females works out to 82.14 per cent and 65.46 per cent respectively.
- The increase in literacy rate in males and females during 2001-2011 is in the order of 6.88 and 11.79 percentage points respectively.
- The highest number of rural literates has been recorded in Uttar Pradesh.
- Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of literates in urban areas.
- In percentage terms male literates were 56.9% of the total literates and the female literates were 43.1 % of the total literates.
- Kerala has the highest literacy rate (93.91) followed by Lakshadweep (92.28).
- Bihar has the least literacy rate (63.82) and least goes to Arunachal Pradesh (66.95)
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