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India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] 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 ]
Population density map of India. India is a union of twenty-eight states and eight union territories. [1] As of 2011, with an estimated population of 1.210 billion, India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area but is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population. [2]
The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. ... List of states and union territories of India by population;
Spread across 28 states [a] and 8 union territories, the census covered 640 districts, 5,924 sub-districts, 7,935 towns and more than 600,000 villages. A total of 2.7 million officials visited households in 7,935 towns and 600,000 villages, classifying the population according to gender, religion, education and occupation. [ 3 ]
Population distribution by states/union territories (2011) Rank State/UT Population [61 ... India's 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls ...
Summary by Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India; literacy rates as % of population. [4] [a] [b] State/UT 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011; A&N islands: 30.30 40.07 51.15 63.19 73.02 81.30 86.63 Andhra Pradesh - 21.19 24.57 35.66 44.08 60.47 67.02 Arunachal Pradesh - 7.13 11.29 ...
This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2022 (2021–22) as hosted by NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and Reserve Bank of India's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'.
List of Indian state and union territory name etymologies; List of princely states of British India (alphabetical) List of states and union territories of India by area; List of states and union territories of India by population; List of states in India by past population; List of states of India by wildlife population; Proposed states and ...