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The 2024 census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is to be conducted in two phases, a house listing phase and a population enumeration phase.Although initially the house listing was to begin in April 2020 along with the updating of the National Population Register, and the population enumeration on 9 February 2021, [1] they have been continuously postponed.
As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not-deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the world.
According to the UN's World Population dashboard, India's population now stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's population of 1.425 billion people, as reported by the news agency Bloomberg. [15] In 2015, India's population was predicted to reach 1.7 billion by 2050.
List of cities in India by population; List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate; List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India; List of states and union territories of India by population; List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio; List of states in India by past population; List of towns in India by ...
This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the Census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India. Map class ...
India is ranked 39th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024. [322] In 2023, India's consumer market was the world's fifth largest. [323] Driven by growth, India's nominal GDP per capita increased steadily from US$308 in 1991, when economic liberalisation began, to US$1,380 in 2010, to an estimated US$2,731 in 2024.
The following is a list of the top 50 Metropolitan areas in India by their Nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and their contribution as % to their respective states. This list is based on Nominal GDP (Not to be confused with PPP).To Convert Nominal GDP to PPP use below formula. (Nominal GDP in INR)÷20.65 [1] [2]
The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes , [ 8 ] the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, [ 9 ] area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre.