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DENSITY OF POPULATION, 2011 POPULATION, 2011 EFECTIVE FEMALE LITERACY RATE, 2011

GROWTH OF POPULATION 2001-2011

CHILD SEX RATIO IN AGE GROUP 0-6, 2011

Total Population Males Females

1,21,01,93,422 62,37,24,248 58,64,69,174

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India in World Population
Population of India, at 1210.2 million, is almost equal to the combined population of U.S.A., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together- the population of these six countries totals 1214.3 million! Population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011. The absolute addition is slightly lower than the population of Brazil, the fth most populous country in the world!

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China 19.4%

Growth rates of India, EAG States and non- EAG States and Union Territories, 1951-1961 to 2001-2011
For the rst time, there
is a signicant fall in growth rate of population in the EAG States after decades of stagnation.
P PERCENTAGE DECADAL GROWTH RATE

28
26.17

India 25.43 24.66 24.08 23.01 22.92 EAG States 25.12 23.87 24.99 21.54 Non-EAG States/UTs

26 24 22 20
19.91 23.00 21.64

24.8

The percentage decadal

1951-1961

1961-1971

1971-1981

1981-1991

1991-2001

State/ UT Code

India/State/Union Territory

Total Population

Males

Females

Percentage Decadal Growth 2001-2011 17.64 23.71 12.81 13.73 17.10 19.17 19.90 20.96 21.44 20.09 25.07 12.36 25.92 -0.47 18.65 22.78 14.75 27.82 16.93 13.93 22.34 13.97 22.59 20.30 19.17 53.54 55.50 15.99 11.10 15.67 8.17 6.23 4.86 15.60 27.72 6.68

Sex ratio

Density (persons per sq.km.) 382 124 123 550 9,252 189 573 11,297 201 828 1,102 86 17 119 122 52 350 132 397 1,029 414 269 189 236 308 2,169 698 365 308 319 394 2,013 859 555 2,598 46

Child Population 0-6 Years 158,789,287 2,008,642 763,864 2,941,570 117,953 1,328,844 3,297,724 1,970,510 10,504,916 29,728,235 18,582,229 61,077 202,759 285,981 353,237 165,536 444,055 555,822 4,511,307 10,112,599 5,237,582 5,035,650 3,584,028 10,548,295 7,494,176 25,880 49,196 12,848,375 8,642,686 6,855,801 139,495 7,088 3,322,247 6,894,821 127,610 39,497

Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Years) 914 859 906 846 867 886 830 866 883 899 933 944 960 944 934 971 953 970 957 950 943 934 964 912 886 909 924 883 943 943 920 908 959 946 965 966

Literacy rate Persons 74.04 68.74 83.78 76.68 86.43 79.63 76.64 86.34 67.06 69.72 63.82 82.20 66.95 80.11 79.85 91.58 87.75 75.48 73.18 77.08 67.63 73.45 71.04 70.63 79.31 87.07 77.65 82.91 67.66 75.60 87.40 92.28 93.91 80.33 86.55 86.27

Literacy rate Males 82.14 78.26 90.83 81.48 90.54 88.33 85.38 91.03 80.51 79.24 73.39 87.29 73.69 83.29 86.49 93.72 92.18 77.17 78.81 82.67 78.45 82.40 81.45 80.53 87.23 91.48 86.46 89.82 75.56 82.85 92.81 96.11 96.02 86.81 92.12 90.11

Literacy rate Females 65.46 58.01 76.60 71.34 81.38 70.70 66.77 80.93 52.66 59.26 53.33 76.43 59.57 76.69 73.17 89.40 83.15 73.78 67.27 71.16 56.21 64.36 60.59 60.02 70.73 79.59 65.93 75.48 59.74 68.13 81.84 88.25 91.98 73.86 81.22 81.84

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INDIA 01 02
Japan 1.9% Russian Fed 2.0% Nigeria 2.3% Bangladesh 2.4% U.S.A 4.5% Indonesia 3.4% Brazil 2.8% Pakistan 2.7%

1,210,193,422 12,548,926 6,856,509 27,704,236

#

623,724,248 6,665,561 3,473,892 14,634,819 580,282 5,154,178 13,505,130 8,976,410 35,620,086 104,596,415 54,185,347 321,661 720,232 1,025,707 1,369,764 552,339 1,871,867 1,492,668 15,954,927 46,927,389 16,931,688 21,201,678 12,827,915 37,612,920 31,482,282 150,100 193,178 58,361,397 42,509,881 31,057,742 740,711 33,106 16,021,290 36,158,871 610,485 202,330

586,469,174 5,883,365 3,382,617 13,069,417 474,404 4,962,574 11,847,951 7,776,825 33,000,926 94,985,062 49,619,290 286,027 662,379 954,895 1,351,992 538,675 1,799,165 1,471,339 15,214,345 44,420,347 16,034,550 20,745,680 12,712,281 34,984,645 28,901,346 92,811 149,675 54,011,575 42,155,652 30,072,962 717,012 31,323 17,366,387 35,980,087 633,979 177,614

940 883 974 893 818 963 877 866 926 908 916 889 920 931 987 975 961 986 954 947 947 978 991 930 918 618 775 925 992 968 968 946 1,084 995 1,038 878

JAMMU & KASHMIR HIMACHAL PRADESH PUNJAB CHANDIGARH HARYANA NCT OF DELHI RAJASTHAN UTTAR PRADESH BIHAR SIKKIM ARUNACHAL PRADESH NAGALAND MANIPUR MIZORAM TRIPURA MEGHALAYA ASSAM WEST BENGAL JHARKHAND ORISSA CHHATTISGARH MADHYA PRADESH GUJARAT DAMAN & DIU
# # #

EAG States: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa

03 04 05 06 07 08 09

Child sex ratio 0-6 years and overall sex ratio India: 1961-2011
The sex ratio of India is
940, the highest since 1971. The sex ratio has risen by seven points since Census 2001.

1,054,686 10,116,752 25,353,081 16,753,235 68,621,012 199,581,477 103,804,637 607,688 1,382,611 1,980,602 2,721,756 1,091,014 3,671,032 2,964,007 31,169,272 91,347,736 32,966,238 41,947,358 25,540,196 72,597,565 60,383,628 242,911 342,853 112,372,972 84,665,533 61,130,704 1,457,723
#

UTTARAKHAND

Majority of the States

identied as gender critical have shown increasing trend in the sex ratio.

990

980

976
970

964 962

Population share of States and Union Territories, India: 2011

Uttar Pradesh is the
Other States & UTs 2% Uttaranchal 1% Jammu Kashmir 1% Delhi 1% Haryana 2% Chhattisgarh 2% Uttar Pradesh 16% Punjab 2% Assam 3% Jharkhand 3% Kerala 3% Orissa 3% Maharashtra 9%

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Bihar 9%

960

Sex ratio has arisen in

Females per 1000 males

all major States, except two, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir.

950

945
940

941 934

933

940

most populous State with almost 200 million people, which is more than the population of Brazil.

930

The fall in child sex ratio

has been unabated since 1961. As per Census 2011, it has declined to reach an all time low of 914.

930
920

927

927

914
910

2001-2011

Other Countries 41.2%

India 17.5%

growth rates of the six most populous States, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have all fallen during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001, the fall being the lowest for Andhra Pradesh (3.5 percentage points) and highest for Maharashtra (6.7 percentage points).

20.92 18.90 17.64

18 16

14.99

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Sex ratio 0-6 Overall sex ratio

1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

900

The combined

population of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra (the second most populous State), at 312 million, is substantially greater than the population of USA.

Census Years

Literacy rates by gender and male-female gap in literacy rates, India: 1951-2011
Literates constitute 74
percent of the total population aged seven and above.

Three-fth of Indias

population live in one of the seven States:

Gujarat 5%

Uttar Pradesh: 199.6 million Maharashtra: 112.4 million Bihar: 103.8 million West Bengal: 91.3 million Andhra Pradesh: 84.7 million Madhya Pradesh: 72.6 million Tamil Nadu: 72.1 million

Karnataka 5%

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

A decline of 31,196,847
among illiterates is noted in Census 2011, a signicant milestone!

West Bengal 8%

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI MAHARASHTRA ANDHRA PRADESH KARNATAKA GOA LAKSHADWEEP KERALA TAMIL NADU PUDUCHERRY
#

The least populous

State is Sikkim.

Rajasthan 6% Tamil Nadu 6% Madhya Pradesh 6% Andhra Pradesh 7%

Out of 217,700,941

Among the Union

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

64,429 33,387,677 72,138,958 1,244,464

#

Literacy rates for males

Population (in millions), India: 1901-2011

2001-2011 is the rst
1400.00

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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

379,944

and females work out to be 82.14 percent (+ 6.88) and 65.46 percent (+11.79) has Increased compared to 2001. The gender gap in literacy rate has reduced.

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Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 Censuses relate to population aged ve years and above. The rates for the 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 Census relate to the population aged seven years and above.

decade (with the exception of 1911-1921) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade.

Notes:
1210.19

1200.00

1.
1028.74

Census 2011 marks a

1000.00

2. 3.

N POPULATION (IN MILLION)

milestone in the demographic history of the country as the percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 has registered the sharpest decline since independence. For 2001-2011, this decadal growth has become 17.64 percent, a decrease of 3.90 percentage points from 21.54 percent for the period 2001-2011.

846.42

The gures 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. 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. 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.

Area and population 2011 (States/Union Territories)

The population density
Figure 30 Area and population 2011 (States/Union Territories)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh

Density of Population

of India has gone up to 382 persons per sq. km. in 2011 from 325 persons per sq. km. in 2001.

Area Population

800.00
683.33

India accounts for a

Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujrat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerela Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa

600.00

548.16

Source: Series-1, India, Provisional Population Totals, Paper-I of 2011

439.23

400.00
318.66 238.40 252.09 252 09 251.32 251 32 278.98

361.09

200.00

0.00 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

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meagre 2.4 percent of the world surface area of 135.79 million sq. km and it supports and sustains 17.5 percent of the world population. In contrast, the USA accounts for 7.2 percent of the surface area with only 4.5 per cent of the world population.

Note

While working out the

Amongst States, Bihar is

the most densely populated State with 1102 persons/sq. km. and Arunachal Pradesh the least densely populated State with 17 persons/sq. km. in 2011.

Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

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gures for 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.

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2011

Territories, NCT of Delhi is the most populous.

literates added during the decade, females (110,069,001) out number males (107,631,940).

PER RCENT

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

82.14 75.26 56.38 40.4 27.16 18.33 18.3 8.86 28.3 25.05 15.35 23.98 21.97 45.96 34.45 29.76 26.62 43.57 39.29 24.84 21.59 16.68 64.13 52.21 64.83 65.46 53.67 74.04

Persons

Males

Females

Male-Female gap in literacy rate

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CENSUS 2011
Census 2011 is the 15th Census of India since 1872 Census 2011 was held in two phases: Houselisting & Housing Census (April to September 2010) Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011) Reference Date: 0:00 Hours of 1st March 2011 In Snow Bound areas the Population Enumeration was conducted from 11th to 30th September 2010 Reference Date: 0:00 Hours of 1st October 2010

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Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011 States/UTs Districts Sub-districts Towns Villages 35 640 5,924 7,936 6.41 lakh

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Some Facts about Census 2011 Cost Cost per person No. of Census Functionaries No. of Languages in which Schedules were canvassed No. of Languages in which Training Manuals prepared No. of Schedules Printed No. of Training Manuals Printed Paper Utilised Material Moved Rs. 22000 Mn Rs. 18.19 2.7 Mn 16 18 340 Mn 5.4 Mn 8,000 MTs 10,500 MTs

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What is Provisional Population?

Provisional Population is arrived at by adding the Population as reported by each Enumerator for the Enumeration Block assigned to her/him There could be errors in addition or there could be cases of omission/ duplication of Enumeration Blocks The final population will be arrived at by scanning of Schedules, data processing and other checks The Final Population is likely to be released next year

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Population

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Population
Census 2011 (Provisional)

Population
Persons

1210.2 million 623.7 million 586.5 million

Males

Females

Males include Males and Others

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Population 2001-2011
% Growth % Growth Difference Difference 2001-2011 2001-2011 18,14,55,986 9,15,01,158 18,14,55,986 8,99,54,828 9,15,01,158 8,99,54,828 17.64 17.19 17.64 18.12 17.19 18.12

2001 2001 Persons Males Persons Females Males Females 1,02,87,37,436 53,22,23,090 1,02,87,37,436 49,65,14,346 53,22,23,090 49,65,14,346
23.87
25.00

2011 2011 1,21,01,93,422 62,37,24,248 1,21,01,93,422 58,64,69,174 62,37,24,248 58,64,69,174

% Growth Rate

21.54 17.64 % Growth Rate of Population

20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00

8
0.00

Years 1981-1991

1991-2001

2001-2011

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INDIA compared to 9 other most populous countries in the world

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Population Highlights
The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011 The absolute addition is slightly lower than the population of Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world! The population of India, at 1210.2 million, is almost equal to the combined population of U.S.A., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together (1214.3 million)! 10
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Share of different States in Indias population

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Population
2001 2011

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Population 1901 - 2011

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Population Highlights

2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 19111921) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 has registered the sharpest decline since Independence - a decrease of 3.90 percentage points from 21.54 to 17.64 percent

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Population Highlights

Uttar Pradesh (200 million) is the most populous State in the country - population is more than the population of Brazil. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra (312 million), is greater than the population of USA

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Largest and the Smallest States/UTs

Top 5 States/UTs Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar West Bengal Andhra Pradesh 19,95,81,477 11,23,72,972 10,38,04,637 9,13,47,736 8,46,65,533 Bottom 5 States/UTs Lakshadweep Daman & Diu D. & N. Haveli A. & N. Islands Sikkim 64,429 2,42,911 3,42,853 3,79,944 6,07,688

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Districts Ranked as per Population 2011

Top 2 Districts Thane (Maharashtra) North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal) 1,10,54,131

Bottom 2 Districts Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh) Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh) 7,948

1,00,82,852

21,089

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Population Growth 2001 - 2011

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%)

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Population Growth 2001 - 2011

*EAG States: UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa

For the first time, there is a significant fall in the growth rate of population in the EAG States after decades of stagnation.
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Population Growth
During 2001-2011, as many as 25 States/UTs with a share of about 85% of the countrys population registered an annual growth rate of less than 2% as compared to, 15 States/UTs with a share of about 42% during the period 1991-2001

15 States/UTs have grown by less than 1.5 percent per annum during 2001-2011, while the number of such States/UTs was only 4 during the previous decade.

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Growth of population
2001 2011

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States/UTs ranked as per % Growth of Population 2011

Top 2 States/UTs States/UTs Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu % Growth 55.50

Bottom 2 States/UTs States/UTs Nagaland % Growth -0.47

53.54

Kerala

4.86

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Districts ranked as per % Growth of Population 2011

Top 2 Districts District Kurung Kumey (Arunachal Pradesh) Yanam (Puducherry) % Growth 111.01 77.15

Bottom 2 Districts District Longleng (Nagaland) Kiphire (Nagaland) % Growth -58.39 -30.54

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Population (0-6 years)

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Population (0-6 years) 2001-2011

2001 Persons Males Females

2011

Difference -50,48,108 -20,56,132 -29,91,976

% Growth -3.08 -2.42 -3.80

16,38,37,395 15,87,89,287 8,50,08,267 7,88,29,128 8,29,52,135 7,58,37,152

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Population (0-6 years) Highlights

The total number of children in the age-group 0-6 is 158.8 million (-5 million since 2001) Twenty States and Union Territories now have over one million children in the age group 0-6 years. On the other extreme, there are five States and Union Territories in the country that are yet to reach the one hundred thousand mark. Uttar Pradesh (29.7 million), Bihar (18.6 million), Maharashtra (12.8 million), Madhya Pradesh (10.5 million) and Rajasthan (10.5 million) constitute 52% Children in the age group of 0-6 years.
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Population (0-6 years) Highlights

The proportion of Child Population in the age group of 0-6 years to total Population is 13.1 percent while the corresponding figure in 2001 was 15.9 percent. The decline has been to the extent of 2.8 points. The share of children in the EAG States, at 53.2% in 2011 has increased by about 1.3 percent compared to 2001. The proportion of Child Population in the age group of 0-6 years to total Population is indicative of fall/rise in fertility

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Proportion of child population in age group 0-6 2001 2011

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Districts ranked as per Proportion of Population (0-6 years) 2011

Top 2 Districts District Kupwara (Jammu & Kashmir) West Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) Proportion (0-6 )years 22.50 22.47

Bottom 2 Districts District Kolkata (West Bengal) Pathanamthitta (Kerala) Proportion (0-6 )years 6.69 7.65

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Gender Composition - Sex Ratio

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Gender Composition of Population 2011

2001 Population (in mn) Proportion (in %)

2011 (Provisional) Population (in mn) Proportion (in %)

Males Females Sex Ratio

532.2 496.5 933

51.74 48.26

623.7 586.4
940

51.54 48.46

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Gender Composition of Population 2011

Overall Sex ratio at the National level has increased by 7 points since Census 2001 to reach 940 at Census 2011 This is the highest Sex Ratio recorded since Census 1971 and a shade lower than 1961 Increase in Sex Ratio is observed in 29 States/UTs Three major States (J&K, Bihar & Gujarat) have shown decline in Sex Ratio as compared to Census 2001.

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Sex Ratio
2001 2011

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States/UTs ranked as per Sex Ratio 2011

Top 2 States/UTs States/UTs Kerala Puducherry Sex Ratio 1,084 1,038

Bottom 2 States/UTs States/UTs Daman & Diu Dadra & Nagar Haveli Sex Ratio 618 775

* Sex Ratio is defined as the Number of females per 1000 males

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Districts ranked as per Sex Ratio 2011

Top 2 Districts District Mahe (Puducherry) Almora (Uttarakhand) Sex Ratio 1,176 1,142

Bottom 2 Districts District Daman (Daman & Diu) Leh (Ladakh) (Jammu & Kashmir) Sex Ratio 533 583

* Sex Ratio is defined as the Number of females per 1000 males

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Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years)

2001 Population (0-6) (in mn) Proportion (0-6) (in %)

2011 (Provisional) Population (0-6) (in mn) Proportion (0-6) (in %)

Males Females Sex Ratio

85.0 78.8 927

51.89 48.11

82.9 75.8 914

52.24 47.76

The Child Sex Ratio at India level (914) is lowest since Independence
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Sex Ratio and Child Sex Ratio (0-6 yrs) - INDIA : (1961 to 2011)

Whereas overall Sex Ratio has shown improvement since 1991, decline in Child Sex Ratio (0-6) has been unabated since 1961 census

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Sex Ratio (0-6 years) Highlights

Increasing trend in the Child Sex Ratio (0-6) seen in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and A & N Islands In all remaining 27 States/UTs, the Child Sex Ratio show decline over Census 2001

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Child Sex Ratio in Age Group 0-6 2001 2011

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States/UTs ranked as per Sex Ratio (0-6 years) 2011

Top 2 States/UTs States/UTs Mizoram Meghalaya (0-6 years) Sex Ratio 971 970

Bottom 2 States/UTs States/UTs Haryana Punjab (0-6 years) Sex Ratio 830 846

* Sex Ratio is defined as the Number of females per 1000 males

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Districts ranked as per Sex Ratio (0-6) 2011

Top 2 Districts District Lahul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) Sex Ratio (0-6) 1,013 1,005 District

Bottom 2 Districts Sex Ratio (0-6) 774 778

Jhajjar (Haryana) Mahendragarh (Haryana)

* Sex Ratio is defined as the Number of females per 1000 males

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Status of Literacy

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Literates 2001-2011

2001 Persons Males Females

2011

Difference

% Growth 38.82 31.98 49.10

56,07,53,179 77,84,54,120 21,77,00,941 33,65,71,822 44,42,03,762 10,76,31,940 22,41,81,357 33,42,50,358 11,00,69,001

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Effective Literacy Rate 2001-2011

2001 Persons Males Females 64.83 75.26 53.67

2011 Difference 74.04 82.14 65.46 9.2 6.9 11.8

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Literacy Status: Highlights

As per provisional population totals of Census 2011, literates constitute 74 per cent of the total population aged seven and above and illiterates form 26 per cent. Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points.
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Literacy Status: Highlights

The literacy rate for males and females works out to 82.14 per cent and 65.46 per cent respectively. The increase in literacy rate in males and females during 2001-2011 is in the order of 6.88 and 11.79 percentage points respectively. It is encouraging to note that out of total of 217,700,941 literates added during the decade, female 110,069,001 outnumber male 107,631,940.

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Literacy Status: Highlights

A significant milestone reached in Census 2011 is that a decline of 31,196,847 among illiterates is noted. Out of total decrease of 31,196,847 in number of illiterates, the female 17,122,197 outnumber males 14,074,650. Ten States and Union Territories viz., Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, Daman & Diu, Puducherry, Chandigarh, NCT of Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have achieved literacy rate of above 85 per cent, the target set by the Planning Commission to be achieved by 20112012.
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Literacy Status: Highlights

The gap of 21.59 percentage points recorded between male and female literacy rates in 2001 Census has reduced to 16.68 percentage points in 2011. Planning Commission has set up target of reducing this gap to 10 percentage points by the year 2011-2012. The States/Union Territories which have achieved malefemale gap in literacy rate of 10 percentage points or less are Chandigarh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Lakshadweep, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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Effective Literacy 2001 2011

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Effective Male Literacy 2001 2011

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Effective Female Literacy 2001 2011

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Ranking of States/UTs-Literacy Rate-2011

Top 2 States/UTs States/UTs Kerala Lakshadweep Literacy Rate 93.91 92.28

Bottom 2 States/UTs States/UTs Bihar Arunachal Pradesh Literacy Rate 63.82 66.95

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Districts ranked as per Literacy Rate 2011

Top 2 Districts District Serchhip (Mizoram) Aizawl (Mizoram) Literacy Rate 98.76 98.50

Bottom 2 Districts District Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh) Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) Literacy Rate 37.22 41.58

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Density of Population 2001-2011

2001 Density 325

2011 382

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% Difference 17.5

*Density is defined as the Number of persons per sq. km.

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Density of Population 2001 2011

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Ranking of States/UTs as per Population Density-2011

Top 2 States/UTs States/UTs NCT of Delhi Chandigarh Density 11,297 9,252

Bottom 2 States/UTs States/UTs Arunachal Pradesh A. & N. Islands Density 17 46

*Density is defined as the Number of persons per sq. km.

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Districts ranked as per Population Density 2011

Top 2 Districts District North East (NCT of Delhi) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Density 37,346 26,903

Bottom 5 Districts District Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh) Samba (Jammu & Kashmir) Density 1 2

*Density is defined as the Number of persons per sq. km.

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