CENSUS 2011 OF INDIA :

· India’s population has jumped to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%.

· The population has grown by more than 181 million during the last decade 2001-2011, according to provisional data of Census 2011 released on March 31, by the registered General and Census Commissioner of India C.Chandramouli.

· At 1.21 billion India’s population is almost equal to the combined population of Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, USA, Bangladesh and Brazil.

· This is the 15^th Census of India since 1872.And it was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration.

· Density of Population (number of persons per sq. km) in 2001 is 325 and in 2011 are 382.

· Densest states (number of persons per sq. km in 2011) Delhi=11297 and Chandigarh =9252.

· Least dense states (number of persons per sq. km in 2011) Arunachal Pradesh=17 and Andaman and Nicobar=46.

· Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65% and for males it has risen to 82% from 75% and for females to 65% from 54%. Percentage growth in literacy during 2001-2011 is 38.80%, for males 32% and for females 49%. Kerala has the highest rate of 94% and bihar lowest of 64%.

· Between 2001-2011 Delhi’s population 13.8 million to 16.8 million. 1%of India’s population lives in the capital.

· Population of India <1901-2011>

· 1901- 238.4

· 1911- 252.1

· 1921- 251.3

· 1931- 279

· 1941- 318.7

· 1951- 361.1

· 1961- 439.2

· 1971- 548.2

· 1981- 683.3

· 1991846.4

· 2001- 1028.7

· 2011- 1210.2

Gender Composition :

1. Census 2001 :- Sex ratio : 933

Males : 532.2 million (51.74%)

Female : 496.5 million (48.25%)

2. Census 2011 :- Sex ratio : 940

Males : 623.7 million (51.54%)

Female : 586.5 million (48.25%)

Decadal population growth rate :

1. 1951-1961 : 21.64% 4. 1981-1991 : 23.87%

2. 1961-1971 : 24.8% 5. 1991-2001 : 21.54%

3. 1971-1981 : 24.65% 6. 2001-2011 : 17.64%

Five most populous states (population in million)

1. Uttar Pradesh = 199.5

2. Maharashtra = 112.3

3. Bihar = 103.8

4. West Bengal = 91.3

5. Andhra Pradesh = 84.6

Literates 2001-2011

· Male : 2001 – 336,571,822

· Male : 2011 – 444,203,762 ; Growth 31.98%

· Female : 2001 – 224,181,357

· Female : 2011 – 334,250,358 ; Growth 49.1%

Sex ratio : Females : Males (2011) Females : Males (2001)

866 : 1000 821 : 1000

Literacy rate : Males (2011) : 91%

Females (2011) : 81%

Census of India 2011

State/UT Code	India/ State/ UT	Total Population	Decadal growth rate (%)	Sex ratio	Density (Per sq.km)	Population of Children	Child Sex Ratio	Total Literacy Rate
	INDIA	1,210,193,422	17.64	940	382	158,789,287	914	74.04
1	JAMMU & KAHSMIR	12,548,926	23.71	883	124	2,008,642	859	68.74
2	HIMACHAL PRADESH	6,856,509	12.81	974	123	763,864	906	83.78
3	PUNJAB	27,704,236	13.73	893	550	2,941,570	846	76.68
4	CHANDIGARH	1,054,686	17.10	818	9,252	117,953	867	86.43
5	UTTARAKHAND	10,116,752	19.17	963	189	1,328,844	886	79.63
6	HARYANA	25,353,081	19.90	877	573	3,297,724	830	76.64
7	DELHI (CAPITAL)	16,753,235	20.96	866	11,297	1,970,510	866	86.34
8	RAJASTHAN	68,621,012	21.44	926	201	10,504,916	883	67.06
9	UTTAR PRADESH	199,581,477	20.09	908	828	29,728,229	899	69.72
10	BIHAR	103,804,637	25.07	916	1,102	18,582,229	933	63.82
11	SIKKIM	607,688	12.36	889	86	61,077	944	82.20
12	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1,382,611	25.92	920	17	202,759	960	66.95
13	NAGALAND	1,980,602	-0.47	931	119	285,981	944	80.11
14	MANIPUR	2,721756	18.65	987	122	353,237	934	79.85
15	MIZORAM	1,091,014	22.78	975	52	165,536	971	91.58
16	TRIPURA	3,671,032	14.75	961	350	444,055	953	87.75
17	MEGHALAYA	2,964,007	27.82	986	132	555,822	970	75.48
18	ASSAM	31,169,272	16.93	954	397	4,511,307	957	73.18
19	WEST BENGAL	91,347,736	13.93	947	1,029	10,112,599	950	77.08
20	JHARKHAND	32,966,238	22.34	947	414	5,237,582	943	67.63
21	ORISSA	41,947,358	13.97	978	269	5,035,650	934	73.45
22	CHHATTISGARH	25,540,196	22.59	991	189	3,584,028	964	71.04
23	MADHYA PRADESH	72,597,565	20.30	930	236	10,548,295	912	70.63
24	GUJARAT	60,383,628	19.17	918	308	7,494,176	886	79.31
25	DAMAN DIU	242,911	53.54	618	2,169	25,880	909	87.07
26	DADAR NAGAR HAVELI	342,853	55.50	775	698	49,196	924	77.65
27	MAHARASHTRA	112,372,972	15.99	925	365	12,848,375	883	82.91
28	ANDHRA PRADESH	84,665,533	11.10	992	308	8,642,686	943	67.66
29	KARNATAKA	61,130,704	15.67	968	319	6,855,801	943	75.60
30	GOA	1,457,723	8.17	968	394	139,495	920	87.40
31	LAKSHADWEEP	64,429	6.23	946	2,013	7,088	908	92.28
32	KERALA	33,387,677	4.86	1084	859	3,322247	959	93.91
33	TAMIL NADU	72,138,958	15.60	995	555	6,894,821	946	80.33
34	PUDDUCHERY	1,244,464	27.72	1,038	2,598	127,610	965	86.55
35	ANDAMAN-NICOBAR ISLANDS	379,944	6.68	878	46	39,497	966	86.27

State/UT Code	India/ State/ UT	Literacy Rate Male	Literacy Rate Female	Total Population Male	Total Population Female
	INDIA	82.14	65.46	623,724,248	586,469,174
1	JAMMU & KAHSMIR	78.26	58.01	6,665,561	5,883,365
2	HIMACHAL PRADESH	90.83	76.60	3,473,892	3,382,617
3	PUNJAB	81.48	71.34	14,634,819	13,069,417
4	CHANDIGARH	90.54	81.38	580,282	474,404
5	UTTARAKHAND	88.33	70.70	5,154,178	4,962,574
6	HARYANA	85.38	66.77	13,505,130	11,847,951
7	DELHI (CAPITAL)	91.03	80.93	8,976,410	7,776,825
8	RAJASTHAN	80.51	52.66	35,620,086	33,000,926
9	UTTAR PRADESH	79.24	59.26	104,596,415	94,985,,062
10	BIHAR	73.39	53.33	54,185,347	49,619,290
11	SIKKIM	87.29	76.43	321,661	286,027
12	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	73.69	59.57	720,232	662,379
13	NAGALAND	83.29	76.69	1,025,707	954,895
14	MANIPUR	86.49	73.17	1,369,764	1,351,992
15	MIZORAM	93.72	89.40	552,339	538,675
16	TRIPURA	92.18	83.15	1,871,867	1,799,165
17	MEGHALAYA	77.17	73.78	1,492668	1,471,339
18	ASSAM	78.81	67.27	15,954,927	15,214,345
19	WEST BENGAL	82.67	71.16	46,927,389	44,420,347
20	JHARKHAND	78.45	56.21	16,931,688	16,034,550
21	ORISSA	82.40	64.36	21,201,678	20,745,680
22	CHHATTISGARH	81.45	60.59	12,827,915	12,712,281
23	MADHYA PRADESH	80.53	60.02	37,612,920	34,984,645
24	GUJARAT	87.23	70.73	31,482,282	28,901,346
25	DAMAN DIU	91.48	79.59	150,100	92,811
26	DADAR NAGAR HAVELI	86.46	65.93	193,178	149,675
27	MAHARASHTRA	89.82	75.48	58,361,397	54,011,575
28	ANDHRA PRADESH	75.56	59.74	42,509,881	42,155,652
29	KARNATAKA	85.85	68.13	31,057,742	30,072,962
30	GOA	92.81	81.84	740,711	717,012
31	LAKSHADWEEP	96.11	88.25	33,106	31,323
32	KERALA	96.02	91.98	16,021,290	17,366,387
33	TAMIL NADU	86.81	73.86	36,158871	35,980,087
34	PUDDUCHERY	91.12	81.22	610,485	633,979
35	ANDAMAN-NICOBAR ISLANDS	90.11	81.84	202,330	177,614