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India Population

The document provides key population figures from the 2011 Census of India. It shows that in 2011, India had a total population of over 1.2 billion people, with approximately 833 million people living in rural areas and 377 million in urban areas. The population grew by over 181 million people since 2001, a 17.64% increase overall with higher growth in urban versus rural areas. The sex ratio was approximately 940 females for every 1000 males and the child sex ratio was 914 girls for every 1000 boys. Literacy rates were 74.04% overall but higher for males at 82.14% compared to 65.46% for females.

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India Population

The document provides key population figures from the 2011 Census of India. It shows that in 2011, India had a total population of over 1.2 billion people, with approximately 833 million people living in rural areas and 377 million in urban areas. The population grew by over 181 million people since 2001, a 17.64% increase overall with higher growth in urban versus rural areas. The sex ratio was approximately 940 females for every 1000 males and the child sex ratio was 914 girls for every 1000 boys. Literacy rates were 74.04% overall but higher for males at 82.14% compared to 65.46% for females.

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CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

Provisional
Population
Totals
Data on rural & urban areas
FIGURES AT A GLANCE

INDIA
2001
No. of States/UTs
No. of Districts
No. of Sub-Districts
No. of Towns
No. of Statutory Towns
No. of Census Towns
No. of Villages

POPULATION

Persons
Males
Females

DECADAL
POPULATION GROWTH
Persons
Males
Females
SEX RATIO
POPULATION IN THE AGE
GROUP 0-6
Persons
Males
Females
CHILD SEX RATIO
LITERATES
Persons
Males
Females

35
593
5,463
5,161
3,799
1,362
638,588

2011
35
640
5,924
7,935
4,041
3,894
640,867

Increase
47
461
2,774
242
2,532
2,279

Total
Rural
Urban
1,210,193,422 833,087,662 377,105,760
623,724,248 427,917,052 195,807,196
586,469,174 405,170,610 181,298,564
Absolute
Percentage
Total
Rural
Urban
Total
Rural
Urban
181,455,986 90,469,915 90,986,071
17.64
12.18
31.80
91,501,158 46,248,060 45,253,098
17.19
12.12
30.06
89,954,828 44,221,855 45,732,973
18.12
12.25
33.73
940
947
926
Absolute
Percentage to total population
Total
Rural
Urban
Total
Rural
Urban
158,789,287 117,585,514 41,203,773
13.12
14.11
10.93
82,952,135 61,285,192 21,666,943
13.30
14.32
11.07
75,837,152 56,300,322 19,536,830
12.93
13.90
10.78
914
919
902
Absolute
Literacy rate
Total
Rural
Urban
Total
Rural
Urban
778,454,120 493,020,878 285,433,242
74.04
68.91
84.98
444,203,762 288,047,480 156,156,282
82.14
78.57
89.67
334,250,358 204,973,398 129,276,960
65.46
58.75
79.92

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