CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

Provisional Population Totals

FIGURES AT A GLANCE INDIA

 

POPULATION 1

Persons

1,21,01,93,422

 

 

Males

62,37,24,248

 

Females

58,64,69,174

 

DECADAL

POPULATION GROWTH 2001-2011

 

Absolute

 

Percentage

 

Persons

18,14,55,986

17.64

Males

9,15,01,158

17.19

Females

8,99,54,828

18.12

DENSITY OF POPULATION 2 

(per sq. km.)

 

382

 

SEX RATIO

(females per 1000 males)      

 

940

 

POPULATION IN

THE AGE GROUP 0-6 1

 

Absolute

Percentage to

total

population

 

Persons

15,87,89,287

13.12

Males

8,29,52,135

13.30

Females

7,58,37,152

12.93

LITERATES 1

 

Absolute

Literacy rate

 

Persons

77,84,54,120

74.04

Males

44,42,03,762

82.14

Females

33,42,50,358

65.46


 

 

F Notes: please see notes overleaf. 


 

 

F General 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.

 

4. In working out ‘decadal variation’ and ‘percentage decadal variation’ for 1941-1951 & 1951-1961 of India and Nagaland State, the population of Tuensang District for 1951 (7,025)  & the population of Tuensang  (83,501)  & Mon (50,774) districts for 1961 Census have not been  taken  into account  as the  area  was  censused  for the first time in 1951 and the same are not comparable.

 

5. The  1981 Census  could  not  be held owing to disturbed conditions prevailing  in  Assam.  Hence the population figures for 1981 of Assam have been worked out by ‘Interpolation’.

 

6. The 1991 Census  was  not  held in  Jammu  &  Kashmir.  Hence the population figures for 1991   of Jammu &  Kashmir  have  been worked out   by ‘Interpolation’.

 

7. The  distribution  of   population  of  Pondicherry (Puducherry)  by  sex  for 1901 (246,354),  and 1931 (258,628)  and 1941 (285,011)  is not avaiable.  The  figures  of  India  for these years are,  therefore,  exclusive of these population figures so far as distribution by sex is concerned.

 

8. Arunachal Pradesh was censused for the first time in 1961.

 

9. In   1951, Tuensang was censused  for  the first time for 129.5 sq.kms. of areas only. In 1961 censused areas of Tuensang District of Nagaland was  increased to 5356.1 sq. kms.

 

10. Due to non-availability of census data the figures for the  decades, from 1901 to 1951 have been estimated for the districts of  Kohima, Phek,  Wokha, Zunheboto, and Mokokchung of Nagaland. Estimation however could not be done for Tuensang and Mon as they were not fully censused prior to 1961.

 

11. As the sex break-up for the districts.Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Guna, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Dewas, Jhabua,  Dhar, Indore, West Nimar  ( Khargone ),  Barwani, Rajgarh, Bhopal, Sehore and  Raisen  is  not  available for the year 1901. Figures for males and  females  have  been  estimated  for  the year  1901 for  Madhya  Pradesh.

 

12. One village Ramtapur (code No. 217 and 101 in 1951 and 1961 respectively) of Jukkal circle of Degulur taluka which was transferred under the state Reorganisation Act, 1956 from  Mahar­ashtra to Andhra Pradesh, still continues in Nanded district of Maharashtra. The population of this village has, however, been adjusted in Nizamabad district for the year 1901 - 1951.

 

13. The names of Uttaranchal and Pondicherry have changed to Uttarakhand and Puducherry respectively after Census 2001

 

Note of caution:

The figures in this report being of a provisional nature, only the important footnotes have been given above. The detailed footnotes would be given when the final popula­tion tables are released.