The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indians by Unique Identification Authority of India.
The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 to 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our future’.
Population | |
Total | 1,210,569,573 |
Males | 623,121,843 |
Females | 587,447,730 |
Literacy | |
Total | 72.99% |
Males | 80.89% |
Females | 64.64% |
Density of population per km2 | 382 |
Sex ratio per 1000 males | 943 females |
Child sex ratio (0“6 age group) per 1000 males | 919 females |
Rank | State /Union Territory | Type | Population | % of total population | Sex Ratio |
1 | Uttar Pradesh | State | 199,812,341 | 16.5 | 912 |
2 | Maharashtra | State | 112,374,333 | 9.28 | 929 |
3 | Bihar | State | 104,099,452 | 8.6 | 918 |
4 | West Bengal | State | 91,276,115 | 7.54 | 950 |
5 | Andhra Pradesh | State | 84,580,777 | 6.99 | 993 |
6 | Madhya Pradesh | State | 72,626,809 | 6 | 931 |
7 | Tamil Nadu | State | 72,147,030 | 5.96 | 996 |
8 | Rajasthan | State | 68,548,437 | 5.66 | 928 |
9 | Karnataka | State | 61,095,297 | 5.05 | 973 |
10 | Gujarat | State | 60,439,692 | 4.99 | 919 |
11 | Orissa | State | 41,974,218 | 3.47 | 979 |
12 | Kerala | State | 33,406,061 | 2.76 | 1084 |
13 | Jharkhand | State | 32,988,134 | 2.72 | 948 |
14 | Assam | State | 31,205,576 | 2.58 | 958 |
15 | Punjab | State | 27,743,338 | 2.29 | 895 |
16 | Chhattisgarh | State | 25,545,198 | 2.11 | 991 |
17 | Haryana | State | 25,351,462 | 2.09 | 879 |
18 | Delhi | UT | 16,787,941 | 1.39 | 868 |
19 | Jammu and Kashmir | State | 12,541,302 | 1.04 | 889 |
20 | Uttarakhand | State | 10,086,292 | 0.83 | 963 |
21 | Himachal Pradesh | State | 6,864,602 | 0.57 | 972 |
22 | Tripura | State | 3,673,917 | 0.3 | 960 |
23 | Meghalaya | State | 2,966,889 | 0.25 | 989 |
24 | Manipur | State | 2,570,390 | 0.21 | 992 |
25 | Nagaland | State | 1,978,502 | 0.16 | 931 |
26 | Goa | State | 1,458,545 | 0.12 | 973 |
27 | Arunachal Pradesh | State | 1,383,727 | 0.11 | 938 |
28 | Pondicherry | UT | 1,247,953 | 0.1 | 1037 |
29 | Mizoram | State | 1,097,206 | 0.09 | 976 |
30 | Chandigarh | UT | 1,055,450 | 0.09 | 818 |
31 | Sikkim | State | 610,577 | 0.05 | 890 |
32 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | UT | 380,581 | 0.03 | 876 |
33 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | UT | 343,709 | 0.03 | 774 |
34 | Daman and Diu | UT | 243,247 | 0.02 | 618 |
35 | Lakshadweep | UT | 64,473 | 0.01 | 946 |
TOTAL | India | 28 + 7 | 1,210,193,422 | 100 | 940 |
Rank | State /Union Territory | Literacy (%) | Rural Population | Urban Population | Density (/km²) |
1 | Uttar Pradesh | 67.68 | 131,658,339 | 34,539,582 | 828 |
2 | Maharashtra | 82.34 | 55,777,647 | 41,100,980 | 365 |
3 | Bihar | 61.8 | 74,316,709 | 8,681,800 | 1,102 |
4 | West Bengal | 76.26 | 57,748,946 | 22,427,251 | 1,030 |
5 | Andhra Pradesh | 67.02 | 55,401,067 | 20,808,940 | 308 |
6 | Madhya Pradesh | 69.32 | 44,380,878 | 15,967,145 | 236 |
7 | Tamil Nadu | 80.09 | 34,921,681 | 27,483,998 | 555 |
8 | Rajasthan | 66.11 | 43,292,813 | 13,214,375 | 201 |
9 | Karnataka | 75.36 | 34,889,033 | 17,961,529 | 319 |
10 | Gujarat | 78.03 | 31,740,767 | 18,930,250 | 308 |
11 | Orissa | 72.87 | 31,287,422 | 5,517,238 | 269 |
12 | Kerala | 94 | 23,574,449 | 8,266,925 | 859 |
13 | Jharkhand | 66.41 | 20,952,088 | 5,993,741 | 414 |
14 | Assam | 72.19 | 23,216,288 | 3,439,240 | 397 |
15 | Punjab | 75.84 | 16,096,488 | 8,262,511 | 550 |
16 | Chhattisgarh | 70.28 | 16,648,056 | 4,185,747 | 189 |
17 | Haryana | 75.55 | 15,029,260 | 6,115,304 | 573 |
18 | Delhi | 86.21 | 944,727 | 12,905,780 | 11,297 |
19 | Jammu and Kashmir | 67.16 | 7,627,062 | 2,516,638 | 56 |
20 | Uttarakhand | 78.82 | 6,310,275 | 2,179,074 | 189 |
21 | Himachal Pradesh | 82.8 | 5,482,319 | 595,581 | 123 |
22 | Tripura | 87.22 | 2,653,453 | 545,750 | 350 |
23 | Meghalaya | 74.43 | 1,864,711 | 454,111 | 132 |
24 | Manipur | 79.21 | 1,590,820 | 575,968 | 122 |
25 | Nagaland | 79.55 | 1,647,249 | 342,787 | 119 |
26 | Goa | 88.7 | 677,091 | 670,577 | 394 |
27 | Arunachal Pradesh | 65.38 | 870,087 | 227,881 | 17 |
28 | Pondicherry | 85.85 | 325,726 | 648,619 | 2,598 |
29 | Mizoram | 91.33 | 447,567 | 441,006 | 52 |
30 | Chandigarh | 86.05 | 92,120 | 808,515 | 9,252 |
31 | Sikkim | 81.42 | 480,981 | 59,870 | 86 |
32 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 86.63 | 239,954 | 116,198 | 46 |
33 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 76.24 | 170,027 | 50,463 | 698 |
34 | Daman and Diu | 87.1 | 100,856 | 57,348 | 2,169 |
35 | Lakshadweep | 91.85 | 33,683 | 26,967 | 2,013 |
TOTAL | India | 74.04 | 833,087,662 | 377,105,760 | 382 |