2011 Census of India

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The 2011 Census of India was a nationwide population and housing census that collected comprehensive demographic, linguistic, and socio-economic data across India.

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instanceOf housing census
population census
censusNumber 15
censusYear 2011
conductedBy Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
country India
dataCollectedOn age structure
housing
language
literacy
population
religion
rural-urban distribution
workforce participation
dataUsedFor allocation of funds
delimitation of constituencies
planning and policy-making
socio-economic research
femaleLiteracyRate 65.46 percent
femalePopulation 587130731
houselistingPhaseStartYear 2010
includesState Telangana (as part of undivided Andhra Pradesh)
linked to: Telangana
leastPopulousState Sikkim
leastPopulousUnionTerritory Lakshadweep
legalBasis Census Act, 1948
literacyRateOverall 74.04 percent
maleLiteracyRate 82.14 percent
malePopulation 623724248
mostPopulousState Uttar Pradesh
mostPopulousUnionTerritory Delhi
nextCensus 2021 Census of India
parentAgency Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
phase Houselisting and Housing Census
Population Enumeration
populationEnumerationPeriod 9 February 2011 to 28 February 2011
populationGrowthRate2001to2011 17.64 percent
previousCensus 2001 Census of India
referenceDate 1 March 2011
referenceLanguageDataYear 2011
ruralPopulationShare 68.84 percent
sexRatio 943 females per 1000 males
slogan Our Census, Our Future
stateWithHighestLiteracyRate Kerala
stateWithHighestPopulationDensity Bihar
stateWithLowestLiteracyRate Bihar
stateWithLowestPopulationDensity Arunachal Pradesh
totalNumberOfStatesAndUTsCovered 35
totalPopulation 1210854977
totalPopulationRounded 1.21 billion
urbanPopulationShare 31.16 percent

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Boro language censusSource 2011 Census of India