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2011 PROVISIONAL POPULATION

Source: Census of India

Decadal Population Growth 2001-2011		Absolute	Percentage
Persons		18,14,55,986	17.64
Males		9,15,01,158	17.19
Females		8,99,54,828	18.12
Density of Population(per sq.km.)		382
Population in the age group 0-6		Absolute	Percentage to total Population
Persons		15,87,89,287	13.12
Males		8,29,52,135	13.30
Females		7,58,37,152	12.93
Literates		Absolute	Literacy rate
Persons		77,84,54,120	74.04
Males		44,42,03,762	82.14
Females		33,42,50,358	65.46

Source: Census of India

General Notes

• The figures for India and manipur, include by sex, the estimated population, 0-6 population and literates of Paomata, Mao Maram amd Purul sub-divisons of Senapati district of Manipur for Census 2001 and 2011.
• For working out density of India and the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the entire area and population of those portions of Jammu and Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of pakistan and China have not been taken into account.
• For census 2011, the population of "Others" has been clubbed with the "Males" for Working out population, 0-6 population, literates and related rates and ratios.
• In working out 'decadal variation and 'percentage decadal variation' for 1941-1951 & 1951-1961 of India and Nagaland state, the population of Tuensang District for 1951(7,025) & the population of Tuensang(83,501) & Mon(50,774) districts for 1961 Census have not been taken into account as the area was censued for the first time in 1951 and the same are not comparable.
• The 1981 Census could not be held in Jammu & Kashmir. Hence the populatio figures for 1991 of Jammu & Kashmir have been worked out by 'interpolation'.
• The distribution of population of Pondicherry by sex for 1901 and 193 and 1941 is not available. The figures of India for these years are, therefore, exclusive of these population figures so far as distribution by sex is concerned.
• Arunachal Pradesh was censused for the first time in 1961.
• In 1951, Tuensang was censused for the first time for 129.5 sq.kms. of areas only. In 1961 censused areas of Tuensang District of Nagaland was increased to 5353.1 sq.kms.
• Due to non-availability of census data the figures for the decades, from 1901 to 1951 have been estimates for the districts of Kohima, Phek, Wokha, Zunheboto and Mokokchung of Nagaland. Estimation however could not be done for Tuensang and Mon as they were not fully censused prior to 1961.
• As the break-up for the dustricts Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Guna, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Dewas, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, West Nimar, Barwani, Rajgarh, Bhopal, Sehore and Raisen is not available for the year 1901. Figures for males and females have been estimated for the year 1901 for Madhya Pradesh.
• One village Ramtapur of Jukkal circle of Degulur taluka which was transferred under the state Reorganisation Act, 1956 from Maharashtra to Andhra Pradesh, still continues in Nanded district of Maharashtra. The population of this village has, however, been adjusted in Nizamabad district for the year 1901-1951.
• The names of Uttaranchal and Pondicherry have changed to Uttarakhand and Puducherry respectively after Census 2001.

Note of Caution:

The figures in this report are provisional nature only.