Area : Area of India : 3,287,240 Sq km.

* Largest State Rajasthan Smallest State Largest Union Territory Smallest Union Territory Largest District Smallest District Goa Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lakshadweep Kachchh (Gujarat) Mahe ( Pondicherry )

342,239 Sq km 3,702 Sq km 8,249 Sq km 32 Sq km 45,652 Sq km 9 Sq km

* The area figure exclude 78,114 sq. km. under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. Illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under the illegal occupation of China in Ladakh district.

Population : Persons Males Females Highest / Lowest Population : State with Highest Population State with Lowest Population UT with Highest Population UT with Lowest Population District with Highest Population District with Lowest Population Uttar Pradesh Sikkim Delhi Lakshadweep Medinipur (West Bengal) Yanam (Pondicherry) 166,197,921 540,851 13,850,507 60,650 9,610,788 31,394 1,028,737,436 532,223,090 496,514,346

Note: @ The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 for Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. Indias population without the estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 females) Note : - Includes estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul Sub-division of Senapati district of Manipur.

Population Density Persons / Sq. Km India State with Highest Population Density State with Lowest Population Density UT with Highest Population Density UT with Lowest Population Density District with Highest Population Density District with Lowest Population Density West Bengal Arunachal Pradesh Delhi Andaman & Nicobar Islands North East (Delhi) Lahul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) 325 903 13 9,340 43 29,468 2

Sex ratio (females per thousand males) India 933 Rural 946 Urban 900 State with Highest Female Sex Ratio Kerala 1,058 State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Haryana 861 UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio Pondicherry 1,001 UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman & Diu 710 District with Highest Female Sex Ratio Mahe (Pondicherry) 1,147 District with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman (Daman & Diu) 591

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population: Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population Scheduled Castes : Scheduled Tribes : Scheduled Castes State with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes District with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes State with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes District with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Mizoram ( 94.5 % ) Goa (0.04 %) Lakshadweep (94.5 %) A & N Islands (8.3 %) Sarchhip, Mizoram ( 98.1%) Hathras, Uttar Pradesh (0.01%) Punjab ( 28.9 %) Mizoram ( 0.03 %) Chandigarh (17.5%) D & N Haveli (1.9% ) Koch-Bihar (50.1%) Lawngtlai Mizoram (0.01%) 166,635,700 84,326,240 16.2% 8.2%

Religious Composition Hindus Muslims Christians Sikhs Buddhists Jains Other Religions & Persuasions Religion not stated Total *

Population * 827,578,868 138,188,240 24,080,016 19,215,730 7,955,207 4,225,053 6,639,626 727,588 1,028,610,328

(%) 80.5 13.4 2.3 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.1 100.0

Note : * Excludes figures of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul sub-districts of Senapati district of Manipur state.

Number of Literates & Literacy Rate Persons Total No. of literates Literacy rate Rural No. of literates Literacy rate Urban No. of literates Literacy rate 560,687,797 64.8% 361,870,817 58.7% 198,816,980 79.9% Persons (%) State with Highest Literacy Rate State with Lowest Literacy Rate UT with Highest Literacy Rate UT with Lowest Literacy Rate District with Highest Literacy Rate District with Lowest Literacy Rate Kerala (90.9) Bihar (47.0) Lakshadweep (86.7) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (57.6) Males 336,533,716 75.3% 223,551,641 70.7% 112,982,075 86.3% Males (%) Kerala (94.2) Bihar (59.7) Lakshadweep (92.5) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (71.2) Females 224,154,081 53.7% 138,319,176 46.1% 85,834,905 72.9% Females (%) Kerala (87.7) Bihar (33.1) Lakshadweep (80.5) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (40.2) Aizwal, Mizoram (96.26) Shrawasti UP (7.7)

Mahe, Aizwal, Pondicherry Mizoram (96.5) (97.6) Dantewada Chhattisgarh (30.17) Dantewada Chhattisgarh (39.75)

Number of Districts by Sex-wise Literacy Rate : Literacy Rate Up to 25.00 % 25.01 % to 50.00 % 50.01% to 75.00 % Above 75 % Total : Males -22 244 327 593 Females 18 243 287 45 593

Variation in population since 1901 Year Total 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001* 238,396,327 252,093,390 251,321,213 278,977,238 318,660,580 361,088,090 439,234,771 548,159,652 683,329,097 846,302,688 1,028,737,436

Rural 212,544,454 226,151,757 223,235,043 245,521,249 274,507,283 298,644,381 360,298,168 439,045,675 523,866,550 628,691,676 742,490,639

Urban 25,851,873 25,941,633 28,086,170 33,455,989 44,153,297 62,443,709 78,936,603 109,113,977 159,462,547 217,611,012 286,119,689

Note: * The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 for Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. Indias population without the estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 females)