Census

States/Districts

State with the highest population

UP, Maharashtra, Bihar,

West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh

State with the lowest population

Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal pradesh, Goa, Nagaland

Union territory with the highest population

Delhi, Puducherry,

Chandigarh

Union territory with the lowest population

Lakshadweep, A & N Islands,

Dadar Nagar haveli

Highest population district

Thane (Maharashtra)

Lowest population district

Dibang valley (Arunachal Pradesh)

Most populated city in India

Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Least populated city in India

Kapurthala (Punjab)

State with the highest population density

Bihar (1106)

State with the lowest population density

Arunachal Pradesh

17 people living per square kilometer

Union territory with the highest population

density

Delhi

Union territory with the lowest population

density

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

State with the highest sex ratio

Kerala

(1084 females/1000 males)

State with the lowest sex ratio

Haryana

(877 females/1000 males)

Union territory highest sex ratio

Puducherry

(1037 females/1000 males)

Union territory lowest sex ratio

Daman and Diu

(618 females/1000 males)

State with the highest literacy rate

Kerala (93.91% ~ 94%)

State with the lowest literacy rate

Bihar (61.80 %)

Union territory with the highest literacy rate

Lakshadweep (92.28%)

Union territory with the lowest literacy rate

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(77.24%)

State with most urban population

Maharashtra

State    with   most    urban           population     in

percentage

Goa (62.17%)

Highest Rural population in numbers

Uttar Pradesh

Highest Rural population in percentage

Himachal Pradesh

Highest Rural population in percentage

Meghalaya (27.80%)

Compare all states and UTs highest decadal

population growth rate

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(55.50%)

Compare all states and UTs lowest decadal population growth rate

Nagaland (Negative)

States has maximum SC population

Uttar Pradesh (Sitapur)

States has maximum ST population

Madhya Pradesh

States  has   maximum   ST            population          in

percentage

Mizoram (94.5 %)

States has lowest ST population in percentage

Goa (0.04 %)

UT with the highest proportion of Scheduled

Tribes

Lakshadweep (94.5 %)

UT with the lowest proportion of Scheduled

Tribes

A & N Islands (8.3 %)

District   with   the   highest             proportion  of

Scheduled Tribes

Sarchhip, Mizoram ( 98.1%)

District   with   the    lowest             proportion   of Scheduled Tribes

Hathras, Uttar Pradesh(0.01%)

UTs has maximum SC population

Delhi

UTs has maximum ST population

Lakshadweep

States   has    zero    Scheduled            Tribe  (ST)

population

Punjab

Highest Fertility rate

Bihar

smallest state in India geographically

Goa

Area wise state

Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra,

UP

Questions (Census 2011)

Answers

What was the sex ratio of India as per 2011

census ?

943/1000M

What was the literacy rate of India as per 2011 census ?

74.04%

What was the male literacy rate according to

the 2011 census ?

82.14%

What was the fertility rate of India as per 2011

census ?

2.2 (2.5 – 2001)

The Union territory with the lowest sex ratio as per

2011 census ?

Daman & Diu (618F/1000M)

The state with the least population as per 2011 census ?

Sikkim

What was the percentage of Scheduled Tribes

(ST) according to the 2011 census ?

8.6%

(Scheduled Caste – 16.6%)

What was the population of Hindu in India as per

2011 census ?

96.63 crores (79.8%)

Important Facts (Census 2011)

Answers

The slogan of census 2011 was

‘Our Census, Our future’.

         was the Census Commissioner of India 2011

C. Chandramouli

Mascot for Census 2011 —

an animated woman with a black Census bag and a stack of files

(Female Enumerator)

1st Census in British India

Under Lord MAYO ( 1872)

Regular census/ interval of every 10 years :

Under Lord Rippon in 1881

15th no. Census was :

2011

After independence: it was

7th No. Census

1951 Census

1st        census            after

independence

1951 Census

Literacy rate : 18% Sex ratio: 946

Population   Density:                  382

per sq km

The first Economic Census was undertaken in

1977

1st Caste based Census in

1931

Great Dividing Year:

1921

Census is in :

Centre List

Under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner is

responsible for the

decennial Census

      assumed the charge as Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India

Shri    Mritunjay         Kumar Narayan

World population day

11th July

Population Explosion :

1951-1981

Highest growth in population :

1961- 1971 (24.80%)

Population stability achieved by :

2070

But before this aim was :

by 2045

Important Facts

On Census 2011

India holds            of the world’s population.

17.5%

Total population of India –

121 crore (1210854977)

Total population of India (Male) –

51.47 % (62.31 crores)

Total population of India (Female) –

48.53% (58.74 crores)

Population of Hindu –

96.63 crores (79.8%)

Population of Muslim –

14.2%

Sex ratio:

943/ 1000

Sex ratio in 200:

933

Child sex ratio:

919 / 1000

Child Sex ration (In 2001) :

927

Sex ratio Sikh community in India has the

lowest sex ratio

Districts :

640

No. of towns:

7933

No.of villages:

640930

Gross fertility rate is

2.4

Fertility rate of India

2.2

Fertility rate of India (in 2001)

2.5