Madhya Pradesh Census 2011

Madhya Pradesh Census–2011

The final data of the 15th Census of the country conducted in the year 2011 was released by the Census Directorate of India. With this, the final data of the census of Madhya Pradesh was released on June 10, 2013, by the Directorate of Census Work of the state.

Important census facts

• The first census in India was conducted during the tenure of Lord Mayo in 1872, and the regular census was started in India during the tenure of Lord Ripon from 1881.
• The 2011 census is the 15th census of the country and the 7th census of independent India.
• The Census Department was set up by the Union Government in the year 1965, which functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Census is the subject of Union List, it is mentioned in Article 246 of the Constitution.
• According to the 2011 census, the total population of Madhya Pradesh is 7,26,26,809, which is 6 per cent of the total population of the country.

Madhya Pradesh Census Facts

District wise facts

There are 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh, Niwari district was separated from Tikamgarh in the year 2018 and the newly formed district was made Niwari, bringing the number of districts to 52. At present, Niwari is the district with the lowest population.

 Population by Density

The number of people living per unit area is called population density, the result obtained by dividing the total population of people living in a state by the total area of that area is called population density of that area.

Population distribution based on sex ratio

Gender ratio or sex ratio refers to the ratio of the number of males and females in a particular area, the number of females per thousand males in a geographical area is considered as its unit.

Details of Decade Growth Base Districts

The growth rate in about 1 decade is called decadal growth rate, the growth rate in the state from 2001 census to 2011 is given here district wise –

Literacy rate of Madhya Pradesh:

• Madhya Pradesh had a literacy rate of 69.3% in the 2011 census, compared to 63.7% in 2001.
• Male literacy is 78.7% in the 2011 census, while the female literacy rate is 59.2%.

Scheduled Caste (SC) Census 2011 in Madhya Pradesh

• The proportion of Scheduled Caste population in the total population of Madhya Pradesh in Census 2011 is 15.6%, about 10,894,021 Scheduled Caste population.
• The highest proportion of Scheduled Castes is in Ujjain (26.4%)
• The lowest proportion of SCs is in Jhabua (1.7%)

Based on population:

 Based on Percentage:

Scheduled Tribes (ST) Census 2011 in Madhya Pradesh

• The proportion of Scheduled Tribes population in the total population of the State of Madhya Pradesh in Census 2011 is 21.1%.
• The highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes is in Alirajpur (89.0%)
• The lowest proportion of STs is in Bhind (0.4%)

Based on population :

 Based on Percentage:

Religious Census-2011

The data relating to the religious census of Madhya Pradesh was presented in August 2015 which is as follows-

 2021 Census Related Facts:

• This is the 16th Census and the 8th Census of Independent India, this census has Vivek Joshi, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner.
• The National Population Register (NPR) (excluding Assam) will be updated for all the states of the country
• This census will be conducted in 16 languages, an app will be released by the government for the census.

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