The first census in India was conducted in

the period of Lord meyo in 1872. However,

from the period of Lord Ripon, i.e., since
1881, the regular decadal census was
started. Lady Teacher was the mascot of
the Indian Census. 2011 which was
conducted in two phase. The slogan of this
Census was Our population our future.
•The gap between world’s two most populous countries China
and India has decreased considerably. In 2001 the gap was 23.8
crores which have come to 13 crores in 2011.
•The total population of female is 58 crores 65 lakh whereas the
total population of male is 62 and 37 lakhs.
•The population of India has increased by 17.64% in the last
decade. Within this provide the population has increased by 18
crores.
•After 1911-21, this was the first decade where the increase in the
population is less than the previous decade.
•Male population has increased by 17% whereas
female population has grown by 18%.
•In census those persons are considered as literate
who have attained the age of 7 years or more and
are able to read and write in any language.
•There is a significant growth in female literacy
than that of male literacy.
•Nagaland is the only state in the country where population has
decreased in this decade the population growth of Nagaland is
negative whereas in previous decade, Nagaland recorded the
highest increase in population.
•Thane, a district near Mumbai has emerged as most populous
district.
•Kurung Kumey (111.01%) in Arunachal Pradesh and Yanam
(77.15%) district of Pondicherry has. Recorded the highest ratio
of Population growth.
•Longlegs (-58.39) and Kifire (-30.54%) districts of Nagaland
have recorded the lowest rate of population growth.
•This census has witnessed a counting of persons in 7
thousands cities and 6 lakhs village.
•Caste based census was started in 1881 and it was
ended in 1931. Again from 2011 caste based has been
sanctioned.
•First census witnessed a total 14 questions which were
asked. During 2011, a total of 29 questions were asked.
•First time Kinnars were included in other category,
they were included neither in Female nor in Male.
 Population
S.no. Largest population of India 5 lowest population of India 5
states (in decreasing order) states in (increasing order)

1. Uttar Pradesh (16.51%) Sikkim (0.05%)

2. Maharashtra (9.28%) Mizoram (0.09%)

3. Bihar (8.6%) Arunachal Pradesh (0.11%)

4. West Bengal (7.54%) Goa (0.12%)

5. Andhra Pradesh (6.99%) Nagaland (0.16%)

 Decade growth
S.no Maximum decade growth state Minimum decade growth
in state in
(decreasing order ) (increasing order)

1. Meghalaya (27.9%) Nagaland (-0.6%)

2. Arunachal Pradesh (26%) Kerala (4.9%)
3. Bihar (25.4%) Goa (8.2%)
4. Jammu –Kashmir (23.6%) Andhra Pradesh (11%)
5. Mizoram (23.5%) Sikkim (12.9%)
 Population density

S.no. Maximum population density states Minimum population density

in (decreasing order) states in (increasing order)
1. Bihar (1106) Arunachal Pradesh (17)

2. West Bengal (1028) Mizoram (52)

3. Kerala (860) Sikkim (86)

4. Uttar Pradesh (829) Manipur (115)

5. Haryana (573) Nagaland (119)

 Sex Ratio
S.no. Maximum sex ratio states in Minimum sex ratio states in
(decreasing order ) (increasing order )

1. Kerala (1084) Haryana (879)

2. Tamil Nadu (996) Jammu-Kashmir (889)
3. Andhra Pradesh (993) Sikkim (890)
4. Manipur (992) Punjab (895)
5. Chhattisgarh (991) Uttar Pradesh (912)
 Literacy
S.no. Maximum literacy % states in Minimum literacy % states in
(decreasing order ) (increasing order )

1. Kerala (94%) Bihar (61.8%)

2. Mizoram (91.3%) Arunachal Pradesh (65.4%)
3. Goa (88.7%) Rajasthan (66.1%)
4. Tripura (87.2%) Jharkhand (66.4%)
5. Himachal Pradesh (82.8%) Andhra Pradesh with
telangana (67%)
 SC Population
S.no Maximum SC Population % in Maximum SC Population in
states (decreasing order ) states (decreasing order)

1. Punjab (31.9%) Uttar Pradesh (4,13,57,608)

2. Himachal Pradesh (25.2%) West Bengal (2,14,63, 270)
3. West Bengal (23.5%) Bihar (1, 65, 67, 325)
4. Uttar Pradesh (20.7%) Tami Nadu (1,44, 38, 445)
5. Haryana (20.2%) Andhra Pradesh (1, 38, 78,
0780)
 ST Population
S.no. Maximum ST Population states in Maximum ST Population %
(decreasing order ) states in (decreasing order)

1. Madhya Pradesh (1,53, 16,784) Mizoram (94.4%)

2. Maharashtra (1,05,20, 213 ) Nagaland (86.5%)

3. Orissa (95, 90, 756) Meghalaya (86.1%)

4. Rajasthan (92, 38, 534) Arunachal Pradesh (68.8% )

5. Gujarat (89, 17, 174) Manipur ( 35.1%)

 UTs
S.N. subject maximum minimum
1 population DL LD
2 Population DL A&N
density
3 Decadal growth DH LD
4 Sex ratio PD DD
5 Child sex ratio A&N DL
6 Literacy LD DH
7 SC population DL LD,A&N
8 SC population % CH LD,A&N

9 ST population DH DL,CH.PD
10 ST population % LD DL,CH.PD