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Census 2011

Census 2011
  • Total Population of India — 1,21,08,54,977
  • Sex Ratio (females per thousand males) — 943
  • Density — 382 persons per sq. km.
  • Crude Birth Rate (2009) — 22.5
  • Crude Death Rate (2009) — 7.3
  • Infant Mortality Rate (2006) — 57 per thousand live births
  • Maternal Morality Rate — 407 per lakh live births
  • Literacy rate of the country — 73 per cent. (Male — 80.9 percent, Female — 64.6 per cent)
  • With highest literacy — Kerala (94.0%)
  • State with lowest literacy — Bihar (61.8%)
  • State with highest female literacy — Kerala (92.1%)
  • State with lowest female literacy — Bihar (51.5%)
  • State having highest decadal growth — Meghalaya (27.9%)
  • State having highest Population — Uttar Pradesh 19,98,12,341
  • State having lowest Population — Sikkim 6,10,577
  • State with highest Population Density — Bihar (1106)
  • State with lowest Population Density — Arunachal Pradesh (17)
  • State having highest Sex Ratio — Kerala (1,084)
  • State having lowest Sex Ratio — Haryana (879)
  • Indian accounts for a meagre 2.4 per cent of the world surface area of 135.79 million sq km.
  • India supports 17.5 per cent of the World Population.
  • Life Expectancy at Birth — 63.5 years, Male — 62.6 years, Female — 64.2 years
  • First census was undertaken in 1872 but a systematic programme of Population Census Started in 1881.
  • Highest Death Rate among states is in Odisha — 98 per thousand.
  • Lowest Death Rate among states is in Kerala — 16 per thousand.
  • Decadal growth rate in Population — 17.7%
  • State having lowest population decadal growth rate — Nagaland (-0.6%)
  • Four cities having highest population in India are Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai respectively.
  • Andhra Pradesh was the first state to prepare a population policy.
  • Highest Scheduled Caste population is in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Highest Scheduled Tribe Population is in Madhya Pradesh.
  • Lowest Scheduled Caste Population is in Nagaland.
  • Lowest Scheduled Tribe Population is in Punjab.
  • The National Population Stablisation Fund was renamed as Jansankhya Sthirikaran Kosh in June 2003.
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