Topic-1 (Census 2011)

Sweden was the first country in the Modern World to conduct a Census in 1749.

Whlch country started the decennial census in 1790: America

The first known census for citizens was done in 1830e n r y Walter in Dhaka.
known ethe F t HfIndian
Therefore, Henry Walter is Census.

Henry Walter is known as the father of the Indian Census.

The first Census of India was conducted in 1872 under British Viceroy Lord Mayo.

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Topic-1 (Census 2011)
The first complete census of India was conducted on 17 February 1881 under the British Viceroy Lord Ripon.

WC Plowden was The Census Commissioner during First Complete Census.

The census is conducted every 10 years.

After independence, It has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of india under the
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of india.

" All the census since 1951 are conducted under Census of india Act, 1948.
1951 rarurar Ka A rur 3fufn, 1948 asa Tar It I
Thefirst census of Independent India was conducted in 1951

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Topic-1 (Census 2011)

4 Who was the Census Commissioner of 1951: R. A. Gopalaswami

* 1951 aauruat HTY4d ta t:R.A. Gopalaswami
Census 2011 was the 15th National Census of the country since 1872 and the 7th after Independend
2011 f UT1872 15t 3tr 3rata K 7 1 AUT I
1951 census of india
1951 census of india :9th Census
HRKG 1951 T:9th Census endence
Oeneral information
Country nda
2011 Census of India :15th Indian Census Resuts
2011 R auur : 15t rRart arurat Total population 361 088 090 (13 32%)
Most poputous Utar Pradesh
region (80 274 B00)
2011 Census Was conducted in two phases Least populous Skkm (138 093)
region
"House listing
" Population enumeration (1000: 946 Male : Female)
TopicL (CensUs Z01)

" The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of
Information about all buildings.

The population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011.

4 The first time biometric information was collected in 2011.

The motto of the census 2011 was: 'Our Census, Our future'.
" Commissioner & Registrar General of the
2g a us : Mr, C. Chandramouli
2011 67 TUT

The Census of 2011 was conducted in 16 languages.

2011 f rat 16 HTT3t arr f t

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* According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011.
& 31 A 2011 0 AT 3GdH 3rHR.
K illien with a decadal growth of 17.70
The Indian population increased to

Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%.

India's Rank in population : 2nd (1st China )

" The population of india has increased by more than 181 milion during the decade 2001-2011.

The population of the rthe provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million.
counSPrr r A3aT 1210.19 Afra I
2011

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The national census 2011 covered allthe

28 states 28 1G
7 Union territories 7 ha enfra vtr
Districts : 640 re: 640 2011

Sub-districts : 5,924 34-fart: 5,924

Towns: 7,936 6F: 7,936
Villages : 6.41 lakh TTA: 6.41 AIa

The cost of the Census was approximately 2,200 crore (US$280million).

auT Ird Wr 2,200 6ts (US$280 fafr) I
" In 2011, India and Bangladesh also conducted their first-ever joint census of areas along their border.

Transgender population was counted in population census in India for the first time in 2011.
lopic-l (Census 2011)
$ The official count of the third gender in lndia is 490,000.

Population Total 1,210,854,977

Population
Males 623,724,568 (51.549%)
Females 586,469,294 (48.46%)
India added 181.5 million to ts population since 2001.
2001 HIRG aaHT 181.5 ffara ë I
of the 1.21 billion indians,
1.21 HT MRAt ,
833 millon (68.84%) llve in rural areas while
377 million (31.2%) stay in urban areas.
453.6 million people in India are migrants, which is 37.8% of total population.
833 Afra (68.84%) TUT gt t
377 rfer4a (31.2%) ergtr eat ti
RKA 453.6 fara r gart at THST 37.8% t
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Top 5 Populated States (Census 2011)
Rank State Population %of Total Male Female Decadal Growth
Population (2001-11)
Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 16.50 104,480,$10 95,331,831 20.1%
Maharashtra 112,374,333 9.28 S8,243,056 S4,131,27m 16.0%
Bihar 104,099,452 860 54,278,157 49,821,295 25.1%
West Bengal 91,276,115 7.54 46,809,027 44,467,08s 13.9%
5 Andhra Pradesh 84,580,777 6.99 42,442,146 42,138,631 10.98%

Top 5 Leest populated States (Census 2011)

Rank %of Total Decadal Growth
State |Population Male Female
Population (2001-11)
1 Sikkim 610,577 0.05 323,070 287,507 12.4%

Mizoram 1,097,206 0.09 555,339 S41,867 22.8%

3 Arunachal Pradesh 1383,727 0.11 713,912 669,815 25.9%
Goa 1,458,545 0.17 739,140 719,405 8.2%
Nagaland 1,978,502 0.16 1,024,649 953,853 -0.5%

Most Populated UT (Census 2011)

Rank UT Population %of Total Male Female Decadal Growth%
Population (2001-11)
1 Delhl 16,787,941 1.39 8,887,326 7,800,615 21%
Puducherry 1,247,953 0.10 612,511 635,442 27.7%

3 Chandigarh 1,055,450 .09 S80,663 474,787 17.1%

Least Populated UT (Census 2011)

Ht HA 3T41 TGT f TT (ryT 2011)
Rank UT Population %of Total
Population
Male Female Decadal Growth%
(2001-11)
Lakshadweep 64,473 0.01 33,123 31,350 6.2%
Daman and Diu 243,247 0.02 150,301 92,946 53.5%

Dadra &Nagar Havell 343,709 0.03 193,760 149,949 55.5%

 TOP Decadal Grovwth Rate(State) Census 2011

States Decadal Growth% (2001-11)

Rank
1 Meghalaya 27.80%
Arunachal Pradesh 25.90%
3 Bihar 25.10%

Least Decadal Orowth Rate (8tate) Census 2011

States Decadal Growth %(2001-11)

Rank
1 Nagaland -0.5%
2 Kerala 4.9%
3 Goa 8.2%

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Nagalandisis the only State Where Decadal Growth Rate is in Negative.

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TOP Decadal Growth Rate (UT) Census 2011

Rank UT Decadal Growth% (2001-11)

1 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 55.5%
2 Daman and Diu 53.5%
Puducherry 27.7%

Least Decadal Growth Rate (UT) Census 2011

Rank UT Decadal Growth% (2001-11)

Lakshadweep 6.2%
2 Andaman & Nicobar Island 6.7%
3 Chandigarh 17.1%

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 Highest Male literacy Rate Highest Female literacy Rate
SS
1. Lakshadweep H T 96.11%. 1. Kerala 91.98% Cra

2. Kerala e 96.02%. 2 Mizoram AaH 89.40%.

Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India with 63.82%

Lowest male literacy is in Bihar 73.39%.

4 Lowest female literacy is in Rajasthan 52.66%.

Highest Difference Between Male &Female Literacy Rate :

Male Female Difference

State Literacy
Rajasthan 66.11% 79.19% 52.12% 27.07%

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india Population Density

Denslty of population

"382 per km2

Most Densely Populated States : Census 2011
afus yt T41t aIÝ : UT 2011
State Density ( in Per Square KM)

1. Bihar 1102
2. West Bengal 1030
3. Kerala 859
Least Densely Populated States HH 5H i 3T Tc 1G4: Census 2011

State Density( in Per Square KM)

1. Arunachal Pradesh 17
2. Mizoram 52

3. Sikkim
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Population density per km² According To Census 2011

State /UT 201 to State/UT 201 to

State /UT 10 to
100 per km? 500 per km? 12000 per
Jharkhand 414 11,297
SIkkim Delhi (Top UT)
Jammu and Kashmir S6
Assam 397 9,252
Chandigarh
Mizoram 52 Goa 1,102
Bihar (TOP States)
Andaman and Maharashtra West Bengal 1,030
Nicobar
Tripura 3S0 Kerala 859
Arunachal Pradesh 17
Karnataka 319 Uttar Pradesh 828
State / UT 101 to
200 per km Gujarat/Andhra 0 Dadra and 698
189
Pradesh Nagar Haveli
Uttarakhand /
Chhattisgarh Odisha 269 573
Haryana
Meghalaya 132 Madhya Pradesh 236 Tamil Nadu 555
Himachal Pradesh 123 Rajasthan 201 550
Punjab
Manipur 122

Nagaland 119
Most Densely Populated UT HUes t T414t teT hrg AT eT : Census 20
UT Density Least Densely Populated UT: Census 2011
(in Per Square KM)
1. Delhl 11,320
2. Chandigarh 9,258 "Andaman and Nicobar asHT T atsterr (46)
3. Puducherry 2,598 "Dadra and Nagar Haveli <1<T 3ir rr Fdeit (698)

Sex Ratio ferT 3d:Census 2011

India 943 Females/ 1000 Males (SsC
Cracke
Top 5 States Sex Ratio

1. Kerala 1084/ 1000 Males

2. Taml Nadu 996/ 1000 Males
3. Andhra Pradesh 993/1000 Males
4. Chhattisgarh 991/ 1000 Males
5. Meghalaya 989/ 1000 Males

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Sex Ratio fer 4rd:Census 2011

India 943 Females/ 1000 Males
(Ssc)
Top 3 UT Sex Ratio Crackers)

1. Puducherry 1037/ 1000 Males

2. Lakshadweep 946/ 1000 Males
3. Andaman and Nicobar 876/ 1000 Males

Least 3 States Sex Ratio

1. Haryana 879/ 1000 Males
2. Jammu and Kashmir 889 /1000 Males
3. SIkkim 890 / 1000 Males
Least 2 UT Sex Ratio

1, Daman and Diu 618 /100O Males

2. Dadra and Nagar Havell 774 /1000 Males

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Child sex ratio (0-6 age group) per 1000 males :919 females S
1er feIa (0-6 3MTs a) sfa 1000 got R:919 fter
Child Sen Ratio (0-4 ars) Sex Ratio and Child Sex Ratlo
lndia, 19M1-2011 India: 1961-2011

--Child Sex Ratio -Sex Ratio

Language demographics Most Spoken Languages Least Spoken Languages

1. Hindi 1. Sanskrt

2. Bengali
3. Marathi
 Religious Hindu
group
Musiim (Sse
Hinduism 142% 79 8% Christian Crac

Islam Silch

1.7% otherhunspecitied
Christianity 20%
Sikhism

Buddhism
Jainism

According to Census 2011 of India, Jain religion recorded highest literacy rate

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According to 2011 Census.

Punjab had the highest percentage of its population as Sc (32%).

Punjab 27,743,338 8,860,179

According to 2011 Census. Mizoram and Lakshadweep had the highest percentage of it:
population as ST ("95%)

Mizoram 1,097,206 1,036,201

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Facts about districts Census 2011

Most populated district: Thane district of Maharashtra (Sse
Least Populated district: Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh
Grac

Highest population growth: Kurung Kumey of Arunachal Pradesh with growth rate of 111.01%.
Negative population growth: Longleng district of Nagaland with growth rate of (-)S8.39%.

V Highest sex ratio: Mahe district of Puducherry with 1176 females per 1000 males.
Lowest sex ratio: Daman district with 533 females per 1000 males.

Highest literacy rate: Serchhip district of Mizoram (98.76%).

Least literate district: Alirajpur of MP (37.22%).
.76%)1
Facts about cities Census 2011
Most Populated City: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
VLeast populated: Kapurthala city, Punjab. Ssc
Crackers

VHighest sex ratio: Kozhikode, Kerala (1093 females per 1000 males).
V Lowest sex ratio: Bhiwandi city, Maharashtra (709 females per 1000 males)
V Highest literacy rate: Aizawl city, Mizoram (98.76%).
V Least literate city: Sambhal, UP (48%)

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HISz (a 1000 y R 709 HT5eIN)
384RA IETA0 GT: TGter rER, fMatr (98.76%)1