Hindu--------Census 2011 puts India's population at 1.

21 billion
Vinay Kumar Rise of 181 million in 10 years; decline in child sex ratio

NEW DELHI: India's population has jumped to 1.21 billion, an increase of more than 181 million during 2001-11, according to provisional data of Census 2011 released on Thursday. Though the population is almost equal to the combined population of the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan (1,214.3 million), the silver lining is that after 1911-21 the past decade (2001-11) witnessed the addition of smaller population than the previous decade's growth. Of the total provisional population of 1,210.2 million, the number of males stood at 623.7 million and females at 586.5 million. The percentage growth in 2001-11 was 17.64 males 17.19 and females 18.12. India's population accounts for 17.5 per cent of the world's.

Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India C. Chandramouli released the provisional data here, in the presence of Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai. Provisional population is arrived at by adding the population as reported by each enumerator, and the final population data is likely to be released next year, Dr. Chandramouli told journalists. Among the States and the Union Territories, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous State with 199 million people, followed by Maharashtra with 112 million people. Lakshadweep is the least populated at 64,429 people. The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States have declined during 200111 compared with 1991-2001. The population growth in Uttar Pradesh has declined from 25.85 per cent to 20.09 per cent, in Maharashtra from 22.73 per cent to 15.99 per cent, Bihar from 28.62 per cent to 25.07 per cent, West Bengal from 17.77 per cent to 13.93 per cent, Andhra Pradesh from 14.59 per cent to 11.10 per cent and Madhya Pradesh from 24.26 per cent to 20.30 per cent. This shows that we have added population, but the growth [rate] has been less, Dr. Chandramouli said. The overall sex ratio nationwide has increased by seven percentage points to 940 against 933 in Census 2001. Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1,000 males. An increase in sex ratio was observed in 29 States/Union Territories. Kerala with 1,084 has the highest sex ratio followed by Puducherry with 1,038. With 618, Daman and Diu has the lowest ratio. This is the highest sex ratio at the national level since Census 1971 and a shade lower than 1961. Three major States Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Gujarat have shown a decline in sex ratio as compared to Census 2001, Dr. Chandramouli said. India's skewed sex ratio due to female foeticide and selective sex determination has been a cause for concern. However, the area of grave concern, Dr. Chandramouli said, remained the lowest ever child sex ratio of 914. The provisional data showed that the child sex ratio [0 to 6 years] came down to 914 females per 1,000 males against 927 in Census 2001. It showed a continuing preference for male children in the last decade. An increasing trend in the child sex ratio was seen in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but in the remaining States/UTs, the ratio showed a decline. While the overall sex ratio has improved since 1991, the decline in child sex ratio has been unabated since the 1961Census. The total number of children in the age group of 0-6 is now 158.8 million, less by five million since 2001. Literacy rate up The literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent, an increase of 9.21 percentage points.

Census 2011: population pegged at 1,210.2 million

Indias population has jumped to 1.21 billion, showing an increase by more than 181 million during the 2001-2011 decade, according to the provisional data of Census 2011 which was released on Thursday. Though the countrys population is almost equal to the combined population of the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together [1214.3 million], the silver lining

is that 2001-2011 is the first decade with the exception of 1911-1921 which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade. Of the total provisional population of 1210.2 million, the number of males was pegged at 623.7 million and the population of females stood at 586.5 million. The percentage growth in 20012011 was 17.64 males 17.19 and females 18.12. Indias population accounts for worlds 17.5 per cent population. The provisional data of Census 2011 was released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India C. Chandramouli in the presence of Union Home Secretary G. K. Pillai. ``Provisional population is arrived at by adding the population as reported by each enumerator and the final population data is likely to be released next year, Dr. Chandramouli told reporters here. Uttar Pradesh most populous state Among the States and Union Territories, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous State with 199 million people followed by Maharashtra at 112 million people and Lakshadweep is the least populated at 64,429 persons. The combined population of U.P. and Maharashtra is greater than that of the U.S. The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most populous States have declined during 20012011 as compared to 1991-2001. The graph of population growth in U.P. shows a decline from 25.85 per cent to 20.09 per cent, in Maharashtra from 22.73 per cent to 15.99 per cent, Bihar from 28.62 per cent to 25.07 per cent, West Bengal from 17.77 per cent to 13.93 per cent, Andhra Pradesh from 14.59 per cent to 11.10 per cent and Madhya Pradesh from 24.26 per cent to 20.30 per cent. ``This shows that we have added population but the growth has been less, Dr. Chandramouli said. Sex-ratio at national level increases Overall sex ratio at the national level has increased by seven points to reach 940 as provisional data for Census 2011 showed as against 933 in Census 2001. Increase in sex ratio was observed in 29 States/Union Territories. Kerala with 1084 has the highest sex ratio followed by Puducherry with 1038. Daman and Diu has the lowest sex ratio of 618. ``This is the highest sex ratio at the national level since Census 1971 and a shade lower than 1961. Three major States Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Gujarat have shown a decline in sex ratio as compared to Census 2001, Dr. Chandramouli said. Indias skewed sex ratio due to female foeticide and the practice of selective sex determination has been a cause for concern. Sex ratio is the number of females per 1000 males. Child sex ratio a concern

However, the areas of grave concern, Dr. Chanramouli said, remains the lowest ever child sex ratio of 914. The provisional data showed that the child sex ratio [0 to 6 years] came down to 914 females per 1000 males as against 927 in the Census 2001. It showed a continuing preference for male children over females in the last decade. Increasing trend in the child sex ratio was seen in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Island but in all the remaining 27 States / Union Territories, the child sex ratio showed decline over Census 2001. Whereas overall sex ratio has shown improvement since 1991, decline in child sex ratio has been unabated since 1961 Census. The total number of children in 0 to 6 year age group is now 158.8 million, less by five million since 2001. Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent, showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points.

Census of India 2011: Three out of four Indians can read and write now
ET Bureau Apr 1, 2011, 09.23am IST NEW DELHI: India's effective literacy rate has recorded a 9.2% rise to reach 74.04%, according to provisional data of the 2011 census released on Thursday. Even as there was a sense of achievement at the improvement in the literacy rate, questions are being raised about what constitutes literacy and the real import of the continued high gender gap. Literacy rate improved sharply among females as compared to males. While the effective literacy rate for males rose from 75.26% to 82.14%, marking a rise of 6.9%, it increased by 11.8% for females to go from 53.67% to 65.46%. The gap of 21.59 percentage points recorded between male and female literacy rates in 2001 census reduced to 16.68 percentage points in 2011. The Planning Commission had set up a target of reducing this gap to 10 percentage points by 2011-12. "This is good news, but a lot more work needs to be done. The gender gap is still large, at 17%. This is a cause for concern given that this decade has seen a lot of investment in girls education. Age-wise data is likely to show that the improvement in female literacy is on the back of the elementary education programmes," Malini Ghose of Nirantar, a NGO working in the area of education. Eleven states and Union Territories have recorded literacy rates below the national average of 74.04%. This include Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Over the last decade these states have improved literacy rates anywhere by 6.2% to 24%. While Bihar is the most laggard, at a literacy rate of 63.8%, it has made substantial improvement over its Census 2001 performance of 47%.

The most impressive gain was made by Jharkhand, which improved on its Census 2001 figure of 53.6%. The state's literacy rate according to the provisional numbers announced on Thursday is 67.6%. Former education secretary Anil Bordia said that far from a cause for celebration, the figure are a "cause for distress". "The factor that makes the difference is female literacy," Bordia explains his unease with the figures. "Take Rajasthan, the male literacy rate is 80.51%, while the female literacy rate is 52.66%. This is a huge gap," the former education secretary said. He said that there is overlap in the states where the literacy rate is below the national average and where the school drop out rate is high. Effective literacy rate in the 2001 census was 64.83%, which improved to 74.04%. Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C Chandramauli said it was encouraging to note that out of total 217,700,941 literates added during the decade, females at 110,069.001 outnumbered males at 107,631,940. A significant milestone reached in 2011 census was the decline of illiterates by 31,196,847. Bordia raises the question of what constitutes literacy. "Respondents are asked if they are literate, and how they became literate. That is not the way to do this. They need to be asked to read and write. Also it is time we reviewed the definition of literacy, to include mathematics. This base level of literacy doesn't change a person's life, except give a little more confidence."

Population Census 2011

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 382 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.

POPULATION

Persons Males Females

1,21,01,93,422 62,37,24,248 58,64,69,174 Absolute Percentage

DECADAL POPULATION GROWTH 2001-2011

Persons Males Females

18,14,55,986 9,15,01,158 8,99,54,828

17.64 17.19 18.12

DENSITY OF POPULATION (per sq. km.) 382

SEX RATIO (females per 1000 males) POPULATION IN THE AGE GROUP 0-6 Persons Males Females LITERATES Persons Males Females

940 Absolute 15,87,89,287 8,29,52,135 7,58,37,152 Absolute 77,84,54,120 44,42,03,762 33,42,50,358 Percentage to total population 13.12 13.30 12.93 Literacy rate 74.04 82.14 65.46

* All datas are provisional and as per from Census India. Top Populated District Rank District Population 1 Thane 11054131 2 North Twenty Four Parganas 10082852 3 Bangalore 9588910 4 Pune 9426959 5 Mumbai Suburban 9332481

Top Literate District Rank District Literacy 1 Serchhip 98.76 2 Aizawl 98.50 3 Mahe 98.35 4 Pathanamthitta 96.93 5 Kottayam 96.40 Highest Sex Ratio District Rank District Sex Ratio 1 Mahe 1176 2 Almora 1142 3 Kannur 1133 4 Pathanamthitta 1129 5 Ratnagiri 1123 High Density District Rank District Density 1 North East Delhi 37346 2 Chennai 26903 3 East Delhi 26683 4 Kolkata 24252 5 Central Delhi 23149
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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 highest population growthrate of 111.01 percent. Longleng district of Nagaland registered negative population growth rate of (-)58.39. Mahe district of Puducherry has highest sex ratio of 1176 females per 1000 males. Daman district has lowest sex ratio of 533 females per 1000 males. Serchhip district of Mizoram has highest literacy rate of 98.76 percent. Alirajpur of MP is the least literate district of India with figure of 37.22 percent only. North East Delhi has the higest density with figure of 37346 person per square kilometer. Dibang Valley has the least density of 1 person per sq. km. Total Population of Orissa in 2011 census is 4.19 Crore approximately. Actual Population of Orissa is 41,947,358 as per census 2011. Male Population of Orissa is 21,201,678. Female Population of Orissa is 20,745,680. Orissa population is 3.47 percent of total population of India. Average literacy rate of Orissa is 73.45 percent.

Male literacy rate in Orissa is 82.40 percent. Female literacy rate in Orissa is 64.36 percent. Total literates in Orissa are 27,112,376 people. Male literates in Orissa are 15,326,036. Female literates in Orissa are 11,786,340.

Square Kilometer : Average density of Orissa is 269 per sq. km. -----------------------Total area of Orissa is 155,707 square kilometers in census 2011. Square Mile : Average density of Orissa is 698 per sq. mi. -----------------Female Sex ratio of Orissa is 978 females per 1000 males. --------Child sex ratio of Orissa is 934 females per 1000 males. (Children under age group of 0-6 are considered child). ---------------Population growth rate of Orissa was 13.97 percent during the 2001-2011 period. --------------------Total area of Orissa is 155,707 square kilometers in 2011. Total area of Orissa is 60,119 square miles in 2011. -----------Child Population (0-6) of Orissa is 5,035,650. Male Child Population in Orissa is 2,603,208. Female Child Population in Orissa is 2,432,442. Total 12.00 percent of Orissa population is in age group of 0-6. 12.28 percent of male population of Orissa are in age group of 0-6.

11.73 percent of female population of Orissa are in age group of 0-6.