Important facts of Census 2011

Census 2011

Census is a process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and disseminating statistical data regarding the population of a country.
It covers demographic, social and economic data.
It is conducted in every 10 years.
It started in 1871.
Census 2011 data was released on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary and RGCCI (Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India) of India.
Census 2011 was the 15th census of India & 7th census after Independence.
The motto of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.
Registrar General & Census Commissioner under whom census 2011 was conducted – C.Chandra Mouli
Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner – Shri Sailesh,
Total Population – 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)
India in 2nd rank in the population with 17.64%. decadal growth.
Increase in population during 2001 – 2011 is 181 Million
Census 2011 was held in two phases:
House listing & Housing Census
(April to September 2010)
Population Enumeration
(9th to 28th February 2011)
Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011
States/UTs 35
Districts 640
Sub-districts 5,924
Towns 7,936
Villages 6.41 lakh

Facts about districts

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 growth rate of 111.01 Percent.
Longleng district of Nagaland registered negative population growth rate of (-)58.39.
Mahe district of Puducherry has the highest sex ratio of 1176 females per 1000 males.
Daman district has the lowest sex ratio of 533 females per 1000 males.
Serchhip district of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of 98.76 Percent.
Alirajpur of MP is the least literate district of India with the figure of 37.22 Percent only.
North East Delhi has the highest density with the figure of 37346 people per square kilometre.
Dibang Valley has the least density of 1 person per sq. km

Facts about cities

Mumbai city of Maharashtra is the most populated city in India.
Kapurthala city of Punjab is the least populated.
Kozhikode of Kerala has the highest sex ratio of 1093 females per 1000 males.
Bhiwandi city of Maharashtra has the lowest sex ratio of 709 females per 1000 males.
Aizawl city of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of 98.76 Percent.
Sambhal of UP is the least literate city in India with a figure of 48 Percent only.
North East Delhi has the highest density with the figure of 37346 people per square kilometre.

FEATURE	INDIA	TOP 3 STATE	BOTTOM 3 STATE		OTHER FACT
Average annual growth rate	1.64 %	1. Meghalaya (2.49 %) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (2.3 %) 3. Bihar (2.26 %)	1. Goa (.79%) 2. Andhra Pradesh (1.07%) 3. Sikkim (1.17%)		During 2001-2011, as many as 25 States/UTs with a share of about 85% of the country’s population registered an annual growth rate of Less than 2%.
Decadal growth rate	17.60%	1. Meghalaya (27.8 %) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 %) 3. Bihar (25.1 %)	1. Nagaland ( -0.5 %) 2. Kerala (4.9 %) 3. Goa (8.2 %)		Nagaland is only the state that has negative growth rate. 2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 1911-1921) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade Districts with highest and lowest decadal growth rate were Kurung Kumey and Longleng respectively.
Population Density	382	1. Bihar (1,106 per sq km) 2. West Bengal (1030 per sq km) 3. Kerala ( 859 per sq km)	1. Arunachal Pradesh (17 per sq km) 2. Mizoram (52 per sq km) 3. J&K (56 per sq km)		Top 2 Districts: North East (NCT of Delhi) and Chennai Bottom 2 district: Dibang Valley and Samba.
Population (in terms of numbers)	Total - 1210.19 million Males – 623.7 million (51.54%) Females – 586.46 million (48.46%) Rural population– 833 million Urban population -377 million	Total 1. Uttar Pradesh (19.9 million , 16.5% ) 2. Maharashtra (11 million - 9.28%) 3. Bihar (10 million - 8.6%) Male U.P. Maharashtra Bihar Female U.P. Maharashtra Bihar Rural Population UP Bihar West Bengal Urban population Maharashtra U.P. Tamil Nadu	Total 1. Sikkim (6.07 lakh - 0.05%) 2. Mizoram (10.9 lakh - 0.09 %) 3. Arunachal Pradesh (13.8 lakh - 0.11%) Male 1. Sikkim 2. Mizoram 3. Arunachal Pradesh Female Sikkim Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Rural Population 1. Mizoram 2. Sikkim 3. Goa Urban population 1. Sikkim 2. Arunachal Pradesh 3. Nagaland		Top Metros 1. Mumbai (18,394,912) 2. Delhi 3. Chennai The population of India is almost equal to the combined population of U.S.A., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together (1214.3 million)! Top 2 Districts: Thane(Maharashtra) and North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal) Bottom 2 Districts: Dibang Valley (Arunachal Pradesh) and Anjaw (Arunachal Pradesh).
Sex ratio	940	1. Kerala (1084) 2. Tamil Nadu (996) 3. Andhra Pradesh (993)	1. Haryana (879) 2. Jammu and Kashmir (889) 3. Sikkim (890)		This is the highest Sex Ratio recorded since Census 1971 Top 2 Districts: Mahe and Almora Bottom 2 Districts: Daman and Leh
Fertility rate (2013)	2.3	1. Bihar (3.4) 2. U.P. (3.17) 3. Meghalaya (3.1)	1. Sikkim (1.45) 2. West Bengal (1.64) 3. Tamil Nadu (1.7)
Literacy Rate	Overall -74% Male – 82.14% Female -65.46	Overall 1. Kerala (93.9%) 2. Mizoram (91.6%) 3. Tripura (87.8%) Male 1 Kerala (96 %) 2. Mizoram (93.7%) 3. Goa (92.8%) Female 1. Kerala (92%) 2. Mizoram (89.4%) 3. Tripura (83.1%)	Overall 1. Bihar (63.80%) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (67%) 3. Rajasthan (67.11%) Male 1. Bihar (73.5%) 2. Arunachal Pradesh (73.7 %) 3. Andhra Pradesh(75.6 %) Female 1. Rajasthan (52.7%) 2. Bihar (53.3%) 3. Jammu and Kashmir (58%)		Highest literacy rate according to Religion – Jain (94 %) > Christian (80%) > Buddhist (74%) Area – Rural (68.9 %) Urban ( 85%) The literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points. Ten states and Union Territories viz., Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Tripura, Goa, Daman & Diu, Puducherry, Chandigarh, NCT of Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have achieved the literacy rate of above 85 Percent The gap of 21.59 percentage points recorded between male and female literacy rates in the 2001 Census has reduced to 16.68 percentage points in 2011. Top 2 Districts: Serchhip and Aizwal Bottom 2 Districts Alirajpur and Bijapur
Work participation rate	● Overall (39 %) ● Male (45 %) ● Female (14 %)	1. Mizoram	1. Kerala 2. Goa
Tribe	● 550 tribes ● 8.2% of the total Population of India ● 10 million population	Population wise 1. MP (1.5 million) 2. Maharashtra (1.0 million) 3. Gujrat (.89 million) Tribal density wise 1. Mizoram 2. Nagaland 3. Meghalaya	Population wise 1. Punjab (zero) 2. Haryana (zero) 3. Goa (32,000) Tribal density wise 1. Punjab (zero) 2. Haryana (zero)
State (Area)	32.87 Lakh km2	1. Rajasthan (3.42 Lakh km2) 2. M.P. (3.08 Lakh km2) 3. Maharashtra (3.07 Lakh km2)	1. Goa (3702 km2) 2. Sikkim (7096 km2) 3. Tripura (10,486 km2)
Urbanisation		1. Goa (62%) 2. Mizoram (52%) 3. Tamil Nadu (48%)	1. Himachal Pradesh (10%) 2. Bihar (10.29%) 3. Assam (14%)		Maharashtra has highest no. of cities – 18 in numbers
Slums	6.5 million total population	1. Maharashtra (1.1 million ) 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Tamil Nadu	1. Arunachal Pradesh (15,000) 2. Goa 3. Sikkim
Child sex ratio (female per 1000 male in the age group of 0-6)	914	1. Mizoram (971 ) 2. Meghalaya (970) 3. Chattisgarh (964)	1. Haryana (830) 2. Punjab (846) 3. J&K (859)		No state in India that crosses 1000 female per 1000 male in the age group of 0-6. The total number of children in the age-group 0-6 is 158.8 million (-5 million since 2001). The Child Sex Ratio at India level (914) is lowest since Independence
The proportion of child population in the age group 0-6	13.10%	1. Meghalaya (18.8 %) 2. Bihar (17.9 %) 3. J&K (16 %)	1. Tamil Nadu (9.6 %) 2. Goa (9.6 %) 3. Kerala (10 %)
Per Capita Net State Domestic Product at Current Prices (2011-12)	60972 Rs.	1. Goa (1,92,000 Rs ) 2. Haryana (1,09,000 Rs) 3. Tamil Nadu (84,000 Rs)	1. Bihar (24,000 Rs) 2. U.P. (29,000 Rs) 3. Jharkhand (32,000 Rs)
Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line (Tendulkar Methodology)	29.8% (2011-12)	1. Bihar 2. Chattisgarh 3. Manipur	1. Goa 2. J&K 3. Himachal Pradesh
Age structure	Adolescent (36.5 %) Adult (56.7%) Old (6.8 %)
Major language	Hindi (40%) Bengali (8%) Telugu (7.8%)
Major language	Language family 1. Indo – European (Aryan – 73%) 2. Dravidian (20%) 3. Austric (Nishad - 1.3%)
Religion- Percentage of population	Religion Numbers (Percent of the population) Hindu 96.63 crore (79.8 %) Muslim 17.22 crore (14.2%) Christian 2.78 crore (2.3%) Sikh 2.08 crore (1.7%) Buddhist 0.84 crore (0.7%) Jain 0.45 crore (0.4%)			Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Sikhs are in majority in 28,4,2,1 state respectively.