Census 2011

Census is a process 

• conducted every 10 years.
• It started in 1871.
• Census 2011 data was released on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary and RGI of India.
• Census 2011 was the 15th census of India & 7th census after Independence.
• The motto of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.
• Registrar General & Census Commissioner under whom census 2011 was conducted – C.Chandra Mouli
• Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner – Shri Sailesh,
• Total Population – 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)
• India in 2nd rank in the population with 17.64%. decadal growth.
• Increase in population during 2001 – 2011 is 181 Million
• Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011 States/UTs 35
  Districts 640
  Sub-districts 5,924
  Towns 7,936
  Villages 6.41 lakh

The population of the country as per the provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.72 million (51.54%) are males and 586.46 million (48.46%) are females.

Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males)

• Sex ration in India - 940
• State with Highest Female Sex Ratio- Kerala (1084)
• State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio- Haryana( 861)
• UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio- Pondicherry(1038)
• UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio- Daman & Diu( 618)
• Three major States (J&K, Bihar & Gujarat) have shown decline in sex ratio as compared to Census 2001.

Population

• Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112 million.
• State with Lowest Population-Sikkim (6,07,688)
• UT with Highest Population-Delhi
• UT with Lowest Population-Lakshadweep

Literacy Rate

• Total Person Literacy Rate- 74%
• State with Highest Literacy Rate - Kerala (93.11%) (In September 2013 Tripura topped the literacy rate with with 94.65% per cent)
• State with Lowest Literacy Rate- Bihar (63.82%)
• UT with Highest Literacy Rate- Lakshadweep (86.7%)
• UT with Lowest Literacy Rate- Dadra & Nagar Haveli (57.6%)
• District with Highest Literacy Rate-Aizwal, Mizoram (96.5%)
• District with Lowest Literacy Rate-Dantewada Chhattisgarh (30.17%)

Density of Population (person per sq km)

• Density of Population in India- 382
• Highest Density in State- Delhi (11297)
• Lowest Density in State- Arunachal Pradesh (17)

The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States have declined during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001:

• Uttar Pradesh (25.85% to 20.09%)
• Maharashtra (22.73% to 15.99%)
• Bihar (28.62% to 25.07%)
• West Bengal (17.77 % to 13.93%)
• Andhra Pradesh (14.59% to 11.10%)
• Madhya Pradesh (24.26% to 20.30%)