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The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. [1] The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. [2] The total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census. [2]
Latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India. [6] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population rising rate has slowed down from 2.15 to 1.76. [6] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli shows the highest growth rate of 55.5 percent.
The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, ... 2001 census of India; ... List of states and union territories of India by population;
Map showing the population density in India, per 2011 Census. [54] India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population. At the 2001 census 72.2% of the population [55] lived in about 638,000 villages [56] and the remaining 27.8% [55] lived in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [57]
The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India. [7] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.15 percent to 1.76 percent. [7]
1 March - As per 2001 Census of India, India becomes the second nation in the world to register one billion people in its population. The first was China in 1979. [3] 13 March - Tehelka broke its sting operation story of Operation West End.
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 ...
Map showing the sex ratio of each district in India based on the 2001 census data. In the table below, the rank numbers represented by 'S' are for states while 'UT' are for union territories . The data in the table is based on the population census of 2001 and 2011 .