CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 RELEASE OF PRIMARY CENSUS

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 RELEASE OF PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT DATA HIGHLIGHTS Dr. C. CHANDRAMOULI REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS 30 TH APRIL 2013

Background • This is the first set of final data from the Population Enumeration exercise held in February 2011 • So far the data released from Census 2011 pertained to Houselisting and Housing Census covering • All Households • SC & ST Households • Female Headed Households • Slum Households

DATA HIGHLIGHTS

Population of India Census 2011 As on 0. 00 Hrs. of 1 st March, 2011 • Final Total Population of the country is 1, 210, 726, 932* (or 1. 21 billion) • Provisional Population Total 1, 210, 193, 422* • Difference: + 533, 510 persons (0. 04%) * Includes the estimated population of Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati district of Manipur. In the remaining slides, the figures exclude the estimated population of Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.

Decadal Change in Population India : 2001 -2011 • There has been an increase of 181. 96 million persons in absolute number of population in India during 2001 -11 • Increase among males: 90. 97 million • Increase among females: 90. 99 million • Growth Rate of females (18. 3%) is higher than males (17. 1%)

Decadal Change in Population India : 2001 -2011 • Population of India grew by 17. 7% during 200111, against 21. 5% in the previous decade • Among the major States, highest decadal growth in population has been recorded in Bihar (25. 4%) • 14 States/UTs have recorded population growth above 20%.

Density of Population India : 2011 (Persons per sq. km. ) Density of Population , India 2001 2011 325 382 • Delhi (11, 320) turns out to be the most densely inhabited followed by Chandigarh (9, 258), among all States/UTs, both in 2001 and 2011 Census. • Among the major States, Bihar occupies the first position with a density of 1106, surpassing West Bengal which occupied the first position during 2001. • The minimum population density works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17) for both 2001 and 2011 Census.

Sex Composition of Child Population (0 -6) – India 2011 • The total number of children in India is 164. 5 millions, about 660 thousand more than the number recorded in 2001 • Male Child (0 -6) population has increased whereas Female Child population has decreased marginally during 2001 -11 • 8 States, viz. Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya have proportion of child population more than 15 percent.

Sex Ratio of Population India : 2001, 2011 Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in a population. Residence 2001 2011 Change Total 933 943 +10 Rural 946 949 +3 Urban 900 929 +29

States Ranked by Sex Ratio – 2011 (Major States – Population 10 million and above) Top 5 States Bottom 5 States Sex Ratio Kerala 1, 084 States Sex Ratio Haryana 879 Tamil Nadu 996 Jammu & Kashmir 889 Andhra Pradesh 993 Punjab 895 Chhattisgarh 991 Uttar Pradesh 912 Odisha 979 Bihar 918 * Sex Ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males

Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST)

SCs/STs in India - 2011 • Scheduled Castes are notified in 31 States/UTs of India and Scheduled Tribes in 30 States • There altogether 1, 241 individual ethnic groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Castes in different States/UTs • Number of individual ethnic groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Tribes is 705 • There has been some changes in the List of SCs/STs in States/ UTs during the last decade

Population of SCs India : 2011 (in million) 2001 2011 Variation (%) 166. 6 201. 4 +20. 8 % Males 86. 1 103. 5 +20. 3 % Females 80. 5 97. 9 +21. 5 % Persons

Population of STs India : 2011 (in million) Sex 2001 2011 Variation (%) Persons 84. 3 104. 3 +23. 7 % Males 42. 6 52. 4 +22. 9 % Females 41. 7 51. 9 +24. 4 %

Distribution of SCs Population by States - 2011 (In %) Rest 15. 0 Odisha 3. 6 Uttar Pradesh 20. 5 Punjab 4. 4 Karnataka 5. 2 West Bengal 10. 7 Madhya Pradesh 5. 6 Bihar 8. 2 Rajasthan 6. 1 Maharashtra 6. 6 Tamil Nadu 7. 2 Andhra Pradesh 6. 9

Distribution of STs Population by States – 2011 Rest 11. 6 Meghalaya 2. 5 Assam 3. 7 (In %) Madhya Pradesh 14. 7 Karnataka 4. 1 Maharashtra 10. 1 West Bengal 5. 1 Andhra Pradesh 5. 7 Odisha 9. 2 Chhattisgarh 7. 5 Jharkhand 8. 3 Rajasthan 8. 9 Gujarat 8. 6

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of SCs - 2011 Top 5 States/UTs Bottom 5 States/UTs Punjab 31. 9% Mizoram 0. 1% Himachal Pradesh 25. 2% Meghalaya 0. 6% West Bengal 23. 5% Goa 1. 7% Uttar Pradesh 20. 7% Haryana 20. 2% Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu 1. 8% 2. 5%

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of STs - 2011 Top 5 States/UTs Bottom 5 States/UTs Lakshadweep 94. 8% Uttar Pradesh 0. 6% Mizoram 94. 4% Tamil Nadu 1. 1% Nagaland 86. 5% Bihar 1. 3% Meghalaya 86. 1% Kerala 1. 5% Arunachal Pradesh 68. 8% Uttarakhand 2. 9%

Literates & Literacy Rates

Number of Literates India : 2001, 2011 • A person (aged 7 and above) is considered literate, if he or she can read and write, with understanding, in any language. (in millions) Sex 2001 2011 Change Persons 560. 7 763. 5 +202. 8 Males 336. 5 434. 7 +98. 2 Females 224. 2 328. 8 +104. 6

Literacy Rate India : 2001, 2011 (in %) Difference 2001 2011 Persons 64. 8 73. 0 +8. 2 Males Females 75. 3 53. 7 80. 9 64. 6 +5. 6 +10. 9 (2011 – 2001) • Largest increase: Dadra & Nagar Haveli by 18. 6 points (from 57. 6% to 76. 2%), Bihar by 14. 8 points (from 47. 0% to 61. 8%), Tripura by 14. 0 points (from 73. 2% to 87. 2%) • Improvement in Female literacy is higher than males in all States/UTs, except Mizoram (where it is same in both Males and Females) during the decade 2001 -11.

Category of Workers - India: 2011 (in millions) Total Workers (in millions) (Main + Marginal) • Cultivators 118. 7 (24. 6%) • Agricultural Labourers 144. 3 (30. 0%) 18. 3 ( 3. 8%) 200. 4 (41. 6%) • Household Industries Workers • Other Workers Total Workers 481. 7 (100. 0%)

India and World Population Countries China India * USA Indonesia Brazil Pakistan Bangladesh Population (in Thousand) 13, 54, 146 12, 10, 193 3, 17, 641 2, 32, 517 Ø India is the second most populated country in the world, 1, 95, 423 next to China. 1, 84, 753 1, 64, 425 Afghanistan Ø Comparing the population size of 68, 139 India with that of other countries, along with its neighbouring 29, 853 countries, there seems to be a 29, 117 wide gap in population size. Sri Lanka 20, 410 Thailand Nepal * India as per provisional figures of Census 2011 (Source: World Population Prospects, the 2008 Revision 2010)

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