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Census of India 2011-India at a Glance and Summary

Published by Roma Rahul Gupta f or Chhattisgarh Online

Census of India 2011-India at a Glance and Summary

Area :

Area of India : 3,287,240 Sq km.*

Largest State Rajasthan 342,239 Sq km

Smallest State Goa 3,702 Sq km

Largest Union Territory Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8,249 Sq km

Smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep 32 Sq km

Largest District Kachchh (Gujarat) 45,652 Sq km

Smallest District Mahe ( Pondicherry ) 9 Sq km

* The area f igure exclude 78,114 sq. km. under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. Illegallyhanded over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under the illegal occupation of China in Ladakhdistrict.

Administrative Divisions :

No. of States 28

No. of Union Territories 7

No. of Districts 593

No. of Sub-districts 5,463

No. of CD Blocks 3,799

No. of Urban Agglomerations / Towns 4,378

No. of Urban Agglomerations 384

No. of Towns 5,161

No. of Inhabited Villages 593,731

No. of Uninhabited Villages 44,656

Population :

Persons 1,028,737,436

Males 532,223,090

Females 496,514,346

Highest / Lowest Population :

State with Highest Population Uttar Pradesh 166,197,921

State with Lowest Population Sikkim 540,851

UT with Highest Population Delhi 13,850,507

UT with Lowest Population Lakshadweep 60,650

District with Highest Population Medinipur (West Bengal) 9,610,788

District with Lowest Population Yanam (Pondicherry) 31,394

Note: @ The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 f or MaoMaram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. India’s population without theestimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 f emales)

Note : - Includes estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul Sub-division of Senapatidistrict of Manipur.

Institutional and Houseless Population

Percentage to

Persons Total Population (%)

Houseless Population Total 1,943,766 1.00

Rural 1,165,167 0.85

Urban 778,599 1.39

Institutional Population Total 7,802,866 4.03

Rural 4,044,152 2.94

Urban 3,758,714 6.73

Population Density

Persons / Sq. Km

India 325

State with Highest Population Density West Bengal 903

State with Lowest Population Density Arunachal Pradesh 13

UT with Highest Population Density Delhi 9,340

UT with Lowest Population Density Andaman & Nicobar Islands 43

District with Highest Population Density North East (Delhi) 29,468

District with Lowest Population Density Lahul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) 2

Rural - Urban Distribution Population (%)

Rural 742,490,639 72.2%

Urban 286,119,689 27.8%

State with highest proportion of Urban Population Goa 49.76

State with lowest proportion of Urban Population Himachal Pradesh 9.30

UT with highest proportion of Urban Population Delhi 93.18

UT with lowest proportion of Urban Population Dadra & Nagar Haveli 22.89

Sex ratio (f emales per thousand males)

India 933

Rural 946

Urban 900

State with Highest Female Sex Ratio Kerala 1,058

State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Haryana 861

UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio Pondicherry 1,001

UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman & Diu 710

District with Highest Female Sex Ratio Mahe (Pondicherry) 1,147

District with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman (Daman & Diu) 591

Age Groups Persons Males Females

6 years and below 163,819,614 84,999,203 78,820,411

Proportion to total population (%) 15.9 16.0 15.9

7 to 14 years 199,791,198 104,488,119 95,303,079

Proportion to total population (%) 19.4 19.6 19.2

15 to 59 years 585,638,723 303,400,561 282,238,162

Proportion to total population (%) 56.9 57.0 56.9

60 years and above 76,622,321 37,768,327 38,853,994

Proportion to total population (%) 7.5 7.1 7.8

Age Not Stated 2,738,472 1,500,562 1,237,910

Proportion to total population (%) 0.3 0.3 0.3

Variation in population since 1901

Year Total Rural Urban

1901 238,396,327 212,544,454 25,851,873

1911 252,093,390 226,151,757 25,941,633

1921 251,321,213 223,235,043 28,086,170

1931 278,977,238 245,521,249 33,455,989

1941 318,660,580 274,507,283 44,153,297

1951 361,088,090 298,644,381 62,443,709

1961 439,234,771 360,298,168 78,936,603

1971 548,159,652 439,045,675 109,113,977

1981 683,329,097 523,866,550 159,462,547

1991 846,302,688 628,691,676 217,611,012

2001* 1,028,737,436 742,490,639 286,119,689

Note: * The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 f or MaoMaram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. India’s population withoutthe estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556f emales)

Number of Literates & Literacy Rate

Persons Males Females

Total No. of literates 560,687,797 336,533,716 224,154,081

Literacy rate 64.8% 75.3% 53.7%

Rural No. of literates 361,870,817 223,551,641 138,319,176

Literacy rate 58.7% 70.7% 46.1%

Urban No. of literates 198,816,980 112,982,075 85,834,905

Literacy rate 79.9% 86.3% 72.9%

Persons (%) Males (%) Females (%)

State withHighest Literacy Rate

Kerala (90.9) Kerala (94.2) Kerala (87.7)

State withLowest Literacy Rate

Bihar (47.0) Bihar (59.7) Bihar (33.1)

UT withHighest Literacy Rate

Lakshadweep (86.7) Lakshadweep (92.5) Lakshadweep(80.5)

UT with LowestLiteracy Rate

Dadra & Nagar Haveli(57.6)

Dadra & Nagar Haveli(71.2)

Dadra &Nagar Haveli (40.2)

District withHighest Literacy Rate

Aizwal,Mizoram (96.5)

Mahe, Pondicherry(97.6)

Aizwal,Mizoram (96.26)

District with LowestLiteracy Rate

DantewadaChhattisgarh (30.17)

DantewadaChhattisgarh (39.75)

Shrawasti UP (7.7)

Number of Districts by Sex-wise Literacy Rate :

Literacy Rate Males Females

Up to 25.00 % -- 18

25.01 % to 50.00 % 22 243

50.01% to 75.00 % 244 287

Above 75 % 327 45

Total : 593 593

Work Participation Rate :

Total Workers Number Rate (%)

Persons 402,234,724 39.1

Males 275,014,476 51.7

Females 127,220,248 25.6

Main Workers

Persons 313,004,983 30.4

Males 240,147,813 45.1

Females 72,857,170 14.7

Marginal Workers

Persons 89,229,741 8.7

Males 34,866,663 6.6

Females 54,363,078 11

Religious Composition Population * (%)

Hindus 827,578,868 80.5

Muslims 138,188,240 13.4

Christians 24,080,016 2.3

Sikhs 19,215,730 1.9

Buddhists 7,955,207 0.8

Jains 4,225,053 0.4

Other Religions & Persuasions 6,639,626 0.6

Religion not stated 727,588 0.1

Total * 1,028,610,328 100.0

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population:

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population

Scheduled Castes : 166,635,700 16.2%

Scheduled Tribes : 84,326,240 8.2%

Scheduled Castes

State with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes Punjab ( 28.9 %)

State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes Mizoram ( 0.03 %)

UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes Chandigarh (17.5%)

UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes D & N Haveli (1.9% )

District with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes Koch-Bihar (50.1%)

District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes Lawngtlai Mizoram (0.01%)

Scheduled Tribes

State with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Mizoram ( 94.5 % )

State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Goa (0.04 %)

UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Lakshadweep (94.5 %)

UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes A & N Islands (8.3 %)

District with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Sarchhip, Mizoram ( 98.1%)

District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Hathras, Uttar Pradesh (0.01%)

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