Census Of India

What is the census?

Census is nothing more than a process of gathering, compiling, analyzing, evaluating,

publishing and disseminating population statistical data. It covers demographic, social
and economic data and is provided on a specific date.

When was the first census Conducted in India?

Census operations started in India long back during the period of the Maurya dynasty. It
was systematized during the years 1865 to 1872, though it has been conducted
uninterruptedly from the year 1881 being a trustworthy resource of information.

Why is the census of India important?

The Indian Census has been the most credible source of information since 1872 on
demographics (population characteristics), economic activity, literacy and education,
housing and household amenities, urbanization, fertility and mortality, scheduled castes
and scheduled tribes, language, religion, migration, handicap, and many other socio-
cultural and demographic data.

The 2011 census is the country's 15th National Census. It provides valuable information
for planning and formulating policies for central and state governments and is widely
used by national and international agencies, scholars, business people, industrialists,
and many more.

Census is the basis for reviewing the progress of the country over the past decade,
monitoring the government's ongoing schemes, and most importantly, planning for the
future.

Facts about Census 2011

• It is conducted in every 10 years.

• Census 2011 data was released on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary
and RGCCI (Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India) 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
• Census 2011 was held in two phases:
 • House listing & Housing Census
(April to September 2010)
• Population Enumeration
(9th to 28th February 2011)
• Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011
States/UTs 35
Districts 640
Sub-districts 5,924
Towns 7,936
Villages 6.41 lakh

Facts about districts

• Thane district of Maharashtra is the most populated district of India.

• Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh is the least populated.
• Kurung Kumey of Arunachal Pradesh registered the highest population growth
rate of 111.01 Percent.
• Longleng district of Nagaland registered a negative population growth rate of (-)
58.39.
• Mahe district of Puducherry has the highest sex ratio of 1176 females per 1000
males.
• Daman district has the lowest sex ratio of 533 females per 1000 males.
• Serchhip district of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of 98.76 Percent.
• Alirajpur of MP is the least literate district of India with the figure of 37.22 Percent
only.
• North East Delhi has the highest density with the figure of 37346 people per
square kilometre.
• Dibang Valley has the least density of 1 person per sq. km

Facts about cities

• Mumbai city of Maharashtra is the most populated city in India.

• Kapurthala city of Punjab is the least populated.
• Kozhikode of Kerala has the highest sex ratio of 1093 females per 1000 males.
• Bhiwandi city of Maharashtra has the lowest sex ratio of 709 females per 1000
males.
• Aizawl city of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of 98.76 Percent.
• Sambhal of UP is the least literate city in India with a figure of 48 Percent only.
• North East Delhi has the highest density with the figure of 37346 people per
square kilometre.

FEATUR INDIA TOP 3 BOTTOM 3 OTHER FACT

E STATE STATE
The 1.64 % 1. 1. Goa • During 2001-2011, as
average Meghalaya (.79%) many as 25
annual (2.49 %) States/UTs with a
growth 2. Andhra share of about 85% of
rate 2. Pradesh the country’s
Arunachal (1.07%) population registered
Pradesh an annual growth rate
(2.3 %) 3. Sikkim of Less than 2%.
(1.17%)
3. Bihar
(2.26 %)
Decadal 17.60% 1. 1. Nagaland • Nagaland is only the
growth Meghalaya (-0.5 %) state that has negative
rate (27.8 %) growth rate.
2. Kerala • 2001-2011 is the first
2. (4.9 %) decade (with the
Arunachal exception of 1911-
Pradesh 3. Goa (8.2 1921) which has
(25.9 %) %) actually added lesser
population compared
3. Bihar to the previous decade
(25.1 %) • Districts with highest
and lowest decadal
growth rate were
Kurung Kumey and
Longleng respectively.

Populatio 382 1. Bihar 1. • Top 2 Districts: North

n Density (1,106 per Arunachal East (NCT of Delhi)
sq km) Pradesh (17 and Chennai
per sq km) • Bottom 2 district:
2. West Dibang Valley and
Bengal 2. Mizoram Samba.
(1030 per (52 per sq
sq km) km)

3. Kerala ( 3. J&K (56

859 per sq per sq km)
km)
Populatio Total - Total Total • Top Metros 1. Mumbai
n (in 1210.19 1. Uttar 1. Sikkim (18,394,912) 2. Delhi
terms of million Pradesh (6.07 lakh - 3. Chennai
numbers) Males – (19.9 0.05%) • The population of India
623.7 million, is almost equal to the
million 16.5%) 2. Mizoram combined population
(51.54%) (10.9 lakh - of U.S.A., Indonesia,
Females – 2. 0.09 %) Brazil, Pakistan,
586.46 Maharashtr Bangladesh and Japan
million a (11 million 3. put together (1214.3
(48.46%) - 9.28%) Arunachal million)!
Rural Pradesh • Top 2 Districts:
population– 3. Bihar (10 (13.8 lakh - Thane(Maharashtra)
833 million million - 0.11%) and North Twenty Four
Urban 8.6%) Parganas (West
population - Male Bengal)
377 million Male 1. Sikkim • Bottom 2 Districts:
2. Mizoram Dibang Valley
U.P. 3. (Arunachal Pradesh)
Maharashtr Arunachal and Anjaw (Arunachal
a Pradesh Pradesh).
Bihar Female
Female Sikkim
U.P. Mizoram
Maharashtr Arunachal
a Bihar Pradesh
Rural Rural
Population Population
UP Bihar 1. Mizoram
West 2. Sikkim
Bengal 3. Goa
Urban
population Urban
Maharashtr population
a U.P. 1. Sikkim
Tamil Nadu 2.
Arunachal
Pradesh
3. Nagaland

Sex ratio 940 1. Kerala 1. Haryana • This is the highest Sex

(1084) (879) Ratio recorded since
2. Tamil 2. Jammu Census 1971
Nadu (996) and • Top 2 Districts: Mahe
3. Andhra Kashmir and Almora
 Pradesh (889) • Bottom 2 Districts:
(993) 3. Sikkim Daman and Leh
(890)
Fertility 2.3 1. Bihar 1. Sikkim
rate (3.4) (1.45)
(2013) 2. West
2. U.P. Bengal
(3.17) (1.64)
3. Tamil
3. Nadu (1.7)
Meghalaya
(3.1)
Literacy Overall - Overall Overall • Highest literacy rate
Rate 74% 1. Bihar according to Religion –
Male – 1. Kerala (63.80%) Jain (94 %) > Christian
82.14% (93.9%) 2. (80%) > Buddhist
Female - Arunachal (74%)
65.46 2. Mizoram Pradesh • Area – Rural (68.9 %)
(91.6%) (67%) Urban (85%)
3. • Literacy rate has gone
3. Tripura Rajasthan up from 64.83 percent
(87.8%) (67.11%) in 2001 to 74.04
Male Male percent in 2011
1 Kerala (96 1. Bihar showing an increase of
%) (73.5%) 9.21 percentage
2. points.
2. Mizoram Arunachal • Ten States and Union
(93.7%) Pradesh Territories viz., Kerala,
(73.7 %) Lakshadweep,
3. Goa 3. Andhra Mizoram, Tripura, Goa,
(92.8%) Pradesh Daman & Diu,
(75.6 %) Puducherry,
Female Female Chandigarh, NCT of
1. Kerala 1. Delhi and Andaman &
(92%) Rajasthan Nicobar Islands have
(52.7%) achieved the literacy
2. Mizoram 2. Bihar rate of above 85
(89.4%) (53.3%) Percent
3. Jammu • The gap of 21.59
3. Tripura and percentage points
(83.1%) Kashmir recorded between
(58%) male and female
literacy rates in 2001
Census has reduced to
16.68 percentage
points in 2011.
 • Top 2 Districts:
Serchhip and Aizwal
• Bottom 2 Districts
Alirajpur and Bijapur

Work ● Overall 1. Mizoram 1. Kerala

participat (39 %) 2. Goa
ion rate
● Male (45
%)

● Female
(14 %)
Tribe ● 550 tribes Population Population
● 8.2% of wise wise
the total 1. Punjab
Population 1. MP (1.5 (zero)
of India million) 2. Haryana
● 10 million (zero)
population 2. 3. Goa
Maharashtr (32,000)
a (1.0
million) Tribal
density wise
3. Gujrat 1. Punjab
(.89 million) (zero)
Tribal 2. Haryana
density wise (zero)
1. Mizoram

2. Nagaland

3.
Meghalaya
State 32.87 Lakh 1. 1. Goa
(Area) km2 Rajasthan (3702 km2)
(3.42 Lakh 2. Sikkim
km2) (7096 km2)
3. Tripura
2. M.P. (10,486
(3.08 Lakh km2)
km2)

3.
Maharashtr
 a (3.07
Lakh km2)
Urbanisat 1. Goa 1. Himachal • Maharashtra has
ion (62%) Pradesh highest no. of cities –
(10%) 18 in numbers
2. Mizoram 2. Bihar
(52%) (10.29%)
3. Assam
3. Tamil (14%)
Nadu (48%)
Slums 6.5 million 1. 1.
total Maharashtr Arunachal
population a (1.1 Pradesh
million) (15,000)
2. Goa
2. Andhra 3. Sikkim
Pradesh

3. Tamil
Nadu
Child sex 914 1. Mizoram 1. Haryana • No state in India that
ratio (971) (830) crosses 1000 female
(female 2. Punjab per 1000 male in the
per 1000 2. (846) age group of 0-6.
male in Meghalaya 3. J&K • The total number of
the age (970) (859) children in the age-
group of group 0-6 is 158.8
0-6) 3. million (-5 million since
Chhattisgar 2001).
h (964) • The Child Sex Ratio at
India level (914) is
lowest since
Independence

The 13.10% 1. 1. Tamil

proportio Meghalaya Nadu (9.6
n of child (18.8 %) %)
populatio 2. Goa (9.6
n in the 2. Bihar %)
age (17.9 %) 3. Kerala
group 0-6 (10 %)
3. J&K (16
%)
Per 60972 Rs. 1. Goa 1. Bihar
Capita (1,92,000 (24,000 Rs)
Net State Rs ) 2. U.P.
Domestic (29,000 Rs)
Product 2. Haryana 3.
at (1,09,000 Jharkhand
Current Rs) (32,000 Rs)
Prices
(2011-12) 3. Tamil
Nadu
(84,000 Rs)
Percenta 29.8% 1. Bihar 1. Goa
ge of (2011-12) 2. 2. J&K
Populatio Chhattisgar 3. Himachal
n Below h Pradesh
Poverty 3. Manipur
Line
(Tendulk
ar
Methodol
ogy)
Age Adolescent (36.5 %) Adult (56.7%) Old (6.8 %)
structure
Major Hindi (40%) Bengali (8%) Telugu (7.8%)
language Language family
1. Indo – European (Aryan – 73%)
2. Dravidian (20%)
3. Austric (Nishad - 1.3%)

Religion- Religion Numbers (Percent of the • Hindu, Muslim, Christian,

Percenta population) and Sikhs are in majority in
ge of Hindu 96.63 crore (79.8 %) Muslim 28,4,2,1 state respectively.
populatio 17.22 crore (14.2%) Christian 2.78
n crore (2.3%) Sikh 2.08 crore (1.7%)
Buddhist 0.84 crore (0.7%) Jain 0.45
crore (0.4%)