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The study of population is called Demography. CENSUS, 2011
Population Trend in India l Total Population of India — 121.08 crore
l 1891-1921 Period of stagnant population l Sex Ratio (females per thousand males) — 943
l 1921-1951 Period of steady growth l Density — 382 persons per sq. km.
l 1951-1981 Period of high growth l Crude Birth Rate (2009) — 22.5
l 1981-2011 Period of declining rate l Crude Death Rate (2009) — 7.3
l The year, 1921 is known as the year of Great Divide. l Infant Mortality Rate (2006)—57 per thousand live births
National Population Policy 2000 l Maternal Morality Rate — 407 per lakh live births
This policy outlined the following objectives to be
l Literacy rate of the country — 73.0 per cent. (Male —
achieved
80.9 per cent, Female — 64.6 per cent)
l To lower down the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to achieve
l State with highest literacy — Kerala (94.0%)
replacement level by 2010.
l Population stabilisation by 2045. l State with lowest literacy — Bihar (61.8%)
l Reduce MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate) to below 100 l State with highest female literacy — Kerala (92.1%)
per 100000 births. l State with lowest female literacy — Bihar (51.5%)
l Reduce IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) to below 30 per l State having highest decadal growth—Meghalaya (27.9%)
thousand live births. l State having highest Population — Uttar Pradesh
l Making school education compulsory. (19.98 crore)
l Promote delayed marriage of girls. l State having lowest Population — Sikkim (6.10 lakh)
l Promote and control communicable diseases. l State with highest Population Density — Bihar (1,106)
Demographics l State with lowest Population Density — Arunachal
l First synochronized census in India took place in Pradesh (17)
1881. Since 1901, it has been taking place after ev-
l State having highest Sex Ratio — Kerala (1084)
ery decade.
l Census 2011 is the 15th Census, and 7th after In- l State having lowest Sex Ratio — Haryana (879)
dependence. l India accounts for a meagre 2.4 per cent of the world
l The slogan of census 2011 is “Our Census, Our Future”. surface area of 135.79 million sq km.
l India was the first country to adopt family planning l India supports 17.5 per cent of the World Population.
in world. l Life Expectancy at Birth — 63.5 years, Male — 62.6
l According to the census 2011, there are 50 million years, Female — 64.2 years
plus cities in India as compared to 35 in census 2001. l First census was undertaken in 1872 but a system-
l ‘Cafeteria approach’ to family planning was adopted atic programme of Population Census started in 1881.
during Janta Party Government Rule in 1978. l Highest Death Rate among states is in Odisha — 98
Population per thousand.
(All figures based on Census, 2011) l Lowest Death Rate among states is in Kerala — 16 per
Total Population 1,21,08,54,977 thousand
Male 62,32,70,258 l Decadal growth rate in Population — 17.7 per cent
Females 58,75,84,719 l State having lowest population decadal growth rate —
Density 382 per sq km Nagaland (–0.6%)
Adult Sex Ratio 943 (females per 1000 males) l Four cities having highest population in India are
Child Sex Ratio 919 (girl per 1000 boys) Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai respectively.
l Andhra Pradesh was the first state to prepare a popu-
Largest and the Smallest States /UTs (in Population)
lation policy.
Top States/UTs Bottom States/UTs l Highest Scheduled Caste population is in Uttar
Uttar Pradesh 19,98,12,341 Lakshadweep 64, 473 Pradesh.
Maharashtra 11,23,74,333 Daman and Diu 2,43,247 l Highest Scheduled Tribe Population is in Madhya
Bihar 10,40,99,452 Dadra and Pradesh.
Nagar Haveli 3,43,709 l Lowest Scheduled Caste Population is in Nagaland.
Paschim Banga 9,12,76,115 Andaman and l Lowest Scheduled Tribe Population is in Punjab.
(West Bengal) Nicobar Islands 3,80,581 l The National Population Stablisation Fund was renamed
Andhra Pradesh 8,45,80,777 Sikkim 6,10,577 as Jansankhya Sthirikaran Kosh in June 2003

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CENSUS-2011 : AT A GLANCE
State-Wise Distribution of Indian population, Decadal Growth, Sex Ratio, Population Density and Literacy

State/ India/ Total Population Sex Ratio Population Decadal Literacy Rate
Union State/ (Females Density Growth
Terri- Union per 1000 (persons (%)
tories males) per sq. km)

Persons Males Females Persons Males Females

India 1,21,08,54,977 62,32,70,258 58,75,84,719 94 3 38 2 17 .7 73.00 80 .9 64 .6

01 Jammu & Kashmir 1,25,41,302 66,40,662 59,00,640 88 9 12 4 23 .6 67 .2 76 .8 56 .4
02 Himachal Pradesh 68,64,602 34,81,873 33,82,729 97 2 12 3 12 .9 82 .8 89 .5 75 .9
03 Punjab 2,77.43,338 1,46,39,465 1,31,03,873 89 5 55 1 13 .9 75 .8 80 .4 70 .7
04 Chandigarh 10,55,450 5,80,663 4,74,787 81 8 9,258 17 .2 86 .0 90 .0 81 .2
05 Uttarakhand 1,00,86,292 51.37,773 49,48,519 96 3 18 9 18 .8 78 .8 87 .4 70 .0
06 Haryana 2,53,51,462 1,34,94,734 1,18,56,728 87 9 57 3 19 .9 75 .6 84 .1 65 .9
07 NCT Delhi 1,67,87,941 89,87,326 78,00,615 86 8 11,320 21 .2 86.2 90 .9 80 .8
08 Rajasthan 6,85,48,437 3,55,50,997 3,29,97,440 92 8 20 0 21 .3 66 .1 79 .2 52 .1
09 Uttar Pradesh 19,98,12,341 10,44,80,510 9,53,31,831 91 2 82 9 20 .2 67 .7 77 .3 57 .2
10 Bihar 10,40,99,452 5,42,78,157 4,98,21,295 91 8 1,106 25 .4 61 .8 71 .2 51 .5
11 Sikkim 6,10,577 3,23,070 2,87,507 89 0 86 12 .9 81 .4 86 .6 75 .6
12 Arunachal Pradesh 13,83,727 7,13,912 6,69,815 93 8 17 26 .0 65 .4 72 .6 57 .7
13 Nagaland 19,78,502 10,24,649 9,53,853 93 1 11 9 -0 .6 79 .6 82 .8 76 .1
14 Manipur 28,55,794 14,38,586 14,17,208 98 5 12 8 24 .5 79 .2 86 .1 72 .4
15 Mizoram 10,97,206 5,55,339 5,41,867 97 6 52 23 .5 91 .3 93 .3 89 .3
16 Tripura 36,73,917 18,74,376 17,99,541 96 0 35 0 14 .8 87 .2 91 .5 82 .7
17 Meghalaya 29,66,889 14,91,832 14,75,057 98 9 13 2 27 .9 74 .4 76 .0 72 .9
18 Assam 3,12,05,576 1,59,39,443 1,52,66,133 95 8 39 8 17 .1 72 .2 77 .8 66 .3
19 West Bengal 9,12,76,115 4,68,09,027 4,44,67,088 95 0 1,028 13 .8 76 .3 81 .7 70 .5
20 Jharkhand 3,29,88,134 1,69,30,315 1,60,57,819 94 9 41 4 22 .4 66 .4 76 .8 55 .4
21 Odisha 4,19,74,218 2,12,12,136 2,07,62,082 97 9 27 0 14 .0 72 .9 81 .6 64 .0
22 Chattisgarh 2,55,45,198 1,28,32,895 1,27,12,303 99 1 18 9 22 .6 70 .3 80 .3 60 .2
23 Madhya Pradesh 7,26,26,809 3,76,12,306 3,50,14,503 93 1 23 6 20 .3 69 .3 78 .7 59 .2
24 Gujarat 6,04,39,692 3,14,91,260 2,89,48,432 91 9 30 8 19 .3 78 .0 85 .8 69 .7
25 Daman & Diu 2,43,247 1,50,301 92,946 61 8 2,191 53 .8 87 .1 91 .5 79 .5
26 Dadra And Nagar Haveli 3,43,709 1,93,760 1,49,949 77 4 70 0 55 .9 76 .2 85 .2 64 .3
27 Maharashtra 11,23,74,333 5,82,43,056 5,41,31,277 92 9 36 5 16 .0 82 .3 88 .4 75 .9
28 Andhra Pradesh & 8,45,80,777 4,24,42,146 4,21,38,631 99 3 30 8 11 .0 67 .0 74 .9 59 .1
Telangana
29 Karnataka 6,10,95,297 3,09,66,657 3,01,28,640 97 3 31 9 15 .6 75 .4 82 .5 68 .1
30 Goa 14,58,545 7,39,140 7,19,405 97 3 39 4 8.2 88 .7 92 .6 84 .7
31 Lakshadweep 64,473 33,123 31,350 94 7 2,149 6.3 91 .8 95 .6 87 .9
32 Kerala 3,34,06,061 1,60,27,412 1,73,78,649 1,084 86 0 4.9 94 .0 96 .1 92 .1
33 Tamil Nadu 7,21,47,030 3,61,37,975 3,60,09,055 99 6 55 5 15 .6 80 .1 86 .8 73 .4
34 Puducherry 12,47,953 6,12,511 6,35,442 1,037 2,547 28 .1 85 .8 91 .3 80 .7
35 Andaman and 3,80,581 2,02,871 1,77,710 87 6 46 6.9 86 .6 90 .3 82 .4
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POPULATION, SEX RATIO & CHILD SEX RATIO

Population 2011 Sex Ratio Child Sex Ratio
(0-6 Age group
Sl. India/State/ Union Population

No. Persons Males Females 2001 2011 2001 2011

1 Jammu & Kashmir 1,25,41,302 66,40,662 59, 00, 640 892 889 941 862
2 Himachal Pradesh 68,64,602 34,81,873 33,82,729 968 972 896 909
3 Punjab 2,77,43,338 1,46,39,465 1,31,03,873 876 895 798 846
4 Chandigarh 10,55,450 5,80,663 4,74,787 777 818 845 880
5 Uttarakhand 1,00,86,292 51,37,773 49,48,519 962 963 908 890
6 Haryana 2,53,51,462 1,34,94,734 1,18,56,728 861 879 819 834
7 Delhi 1,67,87,941 89,87,326 78,00,615 821 868 868 871
8 Rajasthan 6,85,48,437 3,55,50,997 3,29,97,440 921 928 909 888
9 Uttar Pradesh 19,98,12,341 10,44,80,510 9,53,31,831 898 912 916 902
10 Bihar 10,40,99,452 5,42,78,157 4,98,21,295 919 918 942 935
11 Sikkim 6,10,577 3,23,070 2,87,507 875 890 963 957
12 Arunachal Pradesh 13,83,727 7,13,912 6,69,815 893 938 964 972
13 Nagaland 19,78,502 10,24,649 9,53,853 900 931 964 943
14 Manipur 28,55,794 14,38,586 14,17,208 978 985 957 936
15 Mizoram 10,97,206 5,55,339 5,41,867 935 976 964 970
16 Tripura 36,73,917 18,74,376 17,99,541 948 960 966 957
17 Meghalaya 29,66,889 14,91,832 14,75,057 972 989 973 970
18 Assam 3,12,05,576 1,59,39,443 1,52,66,133 935 958 965 962
19 West Bengal 9,12,76,115 4,98,09,027 4,44,67,088 934 950 960 956
20 Jharkhand 3,29,88,134 1,69,30,315 1,60,57,819 941 949 965 948
21 Odisha 4,19,75,218 2,12,12,136 2,07,62,082 972 979 953 941
22 Chattisgarh 2,55,45,198 1,28,32,895 1,27,12,303 989 991 975 969
23 Madhya Pradesh 7,26,26,809 3,76,12,306 3,50,14,503 919 931 932 918
24 Gujarat 6,04,39,692 3,14,91,260 2,89,48,432 920 919 883 890
25 Daman & Diu 2,43,247 1,50,301 92, 946 710 618 926 904
26 Dadra And Nagar Haveli 3,43,709 1,93,760 1,49,949 812 774 979 926
27 Maharashtra 11,23,74,333 5,82,43,056 5,41,31,277 922 929 913 894
28 Andhra Pradesh & 8,45,80,777 4,24,42,146 4,21,38,631 978 993 961 939
Telangana
29 Karnataka 6,10,95,297 3,09,66,657 3,01,28,640 965 973 946 948
30 Goa 14,58,545 7,39,140 7,19,405 961 973 938 942
31 Lakshadweep 64, 473 33, 123 31, 350 948 947 959 911
32 Kerala 3,34,06,061 1,60,27,412 1,73,78,649 1,059 1,084 960 964
33 Tamil Nadu 7,21,47,060 3,61,37,975 3,60,09,055 987 886 942 943
34 Puducherry 12,47,953 6,12,511 6,35,442 1,001 1,037 967 967
35 Andaman and 3,80,581 2,02,871 1,77,710 846 879 957 968
Nicobar Islands
India 1,21,08,54,977 62,32,70,258 58,75,84.719 933 943 927 919

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