Census 2011-12 Snippest.
- Census held on 2011 was the 7th of Independent
India.
- Total population of India has reached to 121
crores.
- It comprises 62.37 crores males and 58.65
crores females.
- Total absolute increase in population during
the decade is 18.15 crores.
- Population growth during the decade remained
17.64 percent.
- Density of population per sq. km. has been 324
persons.
- Sex ratio for females per 1000 males is 940
females.
- Child sex ratio for females is 914 per 1000
males.
- Literacy rate of India has gone up to 74.04
percent from previous figure of 64.83 percent.
- The provisional figures of India’s largest
Census 2011 were released in New Delhi were released by Union Home
Secretary.
- 17.5 percentage of the world population live
in India.
- Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most
populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112 million.
- The density of population is highest in Delhi.
- The combined population of Uttar Pradesh and
Maharashtra is bigger than that of the US.
- While Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Puducherry
has the highest population growth rate of about 55 percent, Nagaland has
the lowest -0.47 percent.
- The report said that Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar
and Gujarat show decline in sex ratio while 29 states show an increase.
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