census, a term that you may have heard before may be while giving your details to a government official who comes to your house. It does not happen every year so those of you who were born after 2011 may not know the existence of this word.
India saw its last census seven years ago in 2011 and it will again be conducted in 2021 as it happens in an interval of 10 years.
Every country needs basic information on its residents for the purposes of planning, development, and improvement of the residents’ quality of life.
- Census is the basis for reviewing the country’s progress in the past decade, monitoring the ongoing schemes of the government and plan for the future
- Census provides detailed and authentic information on demography, economic activity, literacy and education, housing and household amenities, urbanisation, fertility and mortality, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, language, religion, migration, disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data.
Census 2011
A population Census is the process of collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating demographic, social, cultural and economic data relating to all persons in the country, at a particular time in ten years interval.
Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872.
Census 2011 was held in two phases:
• House listing & Housing Census (April to September 2010)
• Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011)
Dr. C Chandramauli is Registrar General and Census Commissioner of Census 2011.
Motto : Our Census Our Future
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Administrative Divisions |
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No. of States |
29 |
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No. of Union Territory |
7 |
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No. of Districts |
640 |
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Population |
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Total Population of India |
1,210,193,422 |
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Rate of Growth |
17.64 % ( Compared to Census 2001 ) |
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How much % of world population is Indian |
17 % |
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Urban Population |
28.6 Cr ( 31.16 % ) |
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Rural Population |
74.3 Cr ( 68.84 % ) |
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Total Male Population |
623,724,248 |
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Total Female Population |
586,469,174 |
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State with Highest Population |
Uttar Pradesh |
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State with Lowest Population |
Sikkim |
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Union Territory with Highest Population |
Delhi |
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Union Territory with Lowest Population |
Lakshadweep |
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District with Highest Population |
Thane ( Maharashtra ) |
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District with Lowest Population |
Dibang Valley ( Arunachal Pradesh ) |
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Area |
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Total Area of India |
32,87,263 km^2 |
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Largest State |
Rajashthan |
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Smallest State |
Goa |
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Largest Union Territory |
Andaman & Nicobar |
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Smallest Union Territory |
Lakshadweep |
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Largest District |
Kachchh ( Gujarat ) |
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Smallest District |
Mahe ( Puducherry ) |
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Density |
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Density per person per km of India |
382 |
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State with Highest Density |
Bihar ( 1102 per sq.km ) |
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State with Lowest Density |
Arunachal Pradesh ( 17 per sq.km ) |
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U/T with Highest Density |
Delhi ( 11297 per sq.km ) |
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U/T with Lowest Density |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( 46 per sq.km ) |
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Literacy |
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Total |
74.04 % |
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Male |
82.14 % |
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Female |
65.46 % |
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State with Highest Literacy |
Kerala ( 93.90 % ) |
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State with Lowest Literacy |
Bihar ( 63.82 % ) |
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District with Highest Literacy |
Serchhip ( Mizoram ) – 98.76 % |
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District with Lowest Literacy |
Alirajpur ( Madhra Pradesh ) 37.22 % |
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Highest Literacy Rate City |
Aizwal ( Mizoram ) – 98.36 % |
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Highest Literacy Rate City |
Sambhal ( UP ) – 48.28 % |
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Sex Ratio ( Per 1000 ) |
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Sex Ratio of Country |
940 |
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Child Sex Ratio of Country |
919 |
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State with Highest Sex Ratio |
Kerala ( 1084 ) |
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State with Lowest Sex Ratio |
Haryana ( 879 ) |
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U/T with Highest Sex Ratio |
Pondicherry ( 1037 ) |
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U/T with Lowest Sex Ratio |
Daman and Diu ( 618 ) |
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City with Highest Sex Ratio |
Kozhikode ( Kerala ) 1093 |
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City with Highest Sex Ratio |
Bhiwandi ( Maharashtra ) 709 |
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State with Highest Child Sex Ratio |
Arunachal Pradesh ( 972 ) |
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State with Lowest Child Sex Ratio |
Haryana ( 834 ) |
Other Important Facts :
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Most Urbanized State/UT |
Delhi ( 97.50 % Urban Population ) |
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Least Urbanized State/UT |
Himachal Pradesh ( 10.03 % Urban Population ) |
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Religion with Majority |
Hindu ( 79.80 % ) |
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Highest Decadal Growth State |
Meghalaya ( 27.80 %) |
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Least Decadal Growth State |
Nagaland ( -0.50 % ) |
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100 % Banking Covered State |
Kerala |
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100 % Banking Covered District |
Palakkad ( Kerala ) |
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Population Below Poverty Line |
27.5 % |
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State with Highest BPL population |
Orissa ( 46.4 % ) |
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State with Lowest BPL Population |
Jammu and Kashmir ( 5.4 % ) |
