CENSUS 2011:POPULATION

POPULATION:2011 CENSUS

The study of population is called Demography.

Population trend in India

1891-1921 Period of stagnant population.
1921-1951 Period of steady growth
1951-1981 Period of high growth
1981-2011 Period of declining rate
The year 1921, is known as the year of great divide.

National Population Policy 2000

The policy outlined the following objectives to be achieved

To lower down the Total Fertility Rate( TFR) to achieve replacement level by 2010.
Population stabilization by 205.
Reduce MMR(Maternal Mortality Rate) to below 100 per 100000 births.
Reduce IMR(Infant Mortality Rate) to below 30 per thousand live births.
Making school education compulsory.
Promoted delayed marriage of girls.
Promote and control communicable diseases.

Demographics

First synchronized census in India took place in 1881. Since 1901, it has been taking place after every decade.
Census 2011 is the 15^th Census, and 7^th after independence.
The slogan of Census 2011 is “Our census,our future”.
India was the first country to adopt family planning in world.
According to the census 2011, there are 50 million plus cities in India as compared to 35 in 2001.
‘Cafeteria Approach’ to family planning was adopted during Janta Party government rule 1978.

Population

Total population 1,21,08,54,977

Male 62,32,70,258

Females 58,75,84,719

Density 382 per sq km

Adult sex Ratio 943(females per 1000 males)

Child Sex Ratio 919(girl per 1000 boys)

Largest and the smallest states/UTs

Top States/UTs

Bottom States/UTs

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Bihar

West Bengal

Andhra Pradesh

19,98,12,341

11,23,74,333

10,40,99,452

9,12,76,115

4,93,86,799

Lakshadweep

Daman and Diu

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Sikkim

64,473

2,43,247

3,43,709

3,80,581

6,10,577

Effective Literacy Rate (2001-2011)

2001(%)

2011(%)

Difference

Persons

Males

Females

64.83

75.26

53.67

80.9

64.6

8.17

5.64

10.93

Ranks of District in 2011

Top 2 Districts		Bottom 2 Districts
As per Population
Thane (Maharashtra) North Twenty Four Parganas (Paschim Banga)	1,10,54,131 1,,00,82,852		Dihang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh) Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh)	7948 21,089

As per Sex Ratio

Mahe( Puducherry) 1176

Almora (Uttarakhand) 1142

Daman(Daman and Diu) 533

Leh(Ladakh, J&K) 583

Sex Ratio

2001

2011

Population Proportion

(in mn) (in%)

Population Proportion

(in mn) (in %)

· Males

· Females

Adults Sex Ratio

· Males

· Females

Child Sex Ratio

532.2 51.74

496.5 48.26

933

85.0 51.89

78.8 48.11

927

623.1 51.51

587.4 48.46

943

82.9 52.24

75.8 47.76

919

CENSUS 2011

Total population of India-121,08,54,977
Sex Ratio(females per thousand males)- 943
Density- 382 persons per sq km
Crude Birth Rate (2009)-22.5
Crude Death Rate(2009)- 7.3
Infant Mortality Rate(2006)-57 per thousand live births
Maternal Mortality Rate- 407 per lakh live births
Literacy Rate of the country-73 percent,(Male- 80.9 per cent, Female-64.6 percent)
State with highest literacy-Kerala(94.0%)
State with Lowest literacy- Bihar(61.8%)
State with highest female literacy-Kerala(92.1%)
State with lowest female literacy-Bihar(51.5%)
State having highest decadal growth-Meghalaya(27.9%)
State having highest population-Uttar Pradesh(19,98,12,341)
State having lowest population- Sikkim(6,10,577)
State having highest population density-Bihar(1106)
State having lowest population density-Arunachal Pradesh(17)
State having highest sex ratio-Kerala(1084)
State having lowest sex ratio-Haryana(879)
India accounts for a meagre 2.4 percent of the world surface area of 135.79 million square km.
India supports 17.5 percent of the world population
Life expectancy at birth-63.5 years, Male-62.6 years, Female-64.2 years

Religious community(2011)

Population(crore)

Percentage Growth

Decadal

Hindu

Muslim

Christian

Sikh

Buddhist

Jain

96.63

17.22

2.78

2.08

0.84

0.45

79.8

14.2

2.3

1.7

0.7

0.4

16.8

24.6

15.5

8.4

6.1

5.4

First census was undertaken in 1872 but a systemtic programme of Population Census started in 1881.
Highest Death Rate among states is in Odisha-98 per thousand
Lowest Death Rate among states is in Kerala-16 per thousand
Decadal growth rate in population-17.7%
State having lowest population decadal growth rate-Nagaland(-0.6%)
Four cities having highest population in India are Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai respectively.
Andhra Pradesh was the first state to prepare a population policy.
Highest Scheduled caste population is in-Uttar Pradesh
Highest scheduled tribe population is in-Madhya Pradesh
Lowest Scheduled caste population is in-Nagaland
Lowest scheduled tribe population is in-Punjab