2011 - Census - General Studies

 

Density of population in India (Source 2011)

Source: Census 2011
Population Density (Persons/Sq.Km)
India	382
State with Highest Population Density	Bihar(1102)
State with Lowest Population Density	Arunachal Pradesh (17)
UT with Highest Population Density	Delhi (11,297)
UT with Lowest Population Density	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (46)
District with Highest Population Density	North East, Delhi (37,346)
District with Lowest Population Density	Lahul & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh (2)

Facts related to Literacy in India (Census 2011) 

Source: Census 2011
Number of Literates & Literacy
Persons	77,84,54,120
Males	44,42,03,762
Females	33,42,50,358
Total No. of Illiterates
Persons	27,29,50,015
Males	9,65,68,351
Females	17,63,81,664
Rural No. of literates
Persons	36,18,70,817
Males	22,35,51,641
Females	13,83,19,176
Urban No. of literates
Persons	19,88,16,980
Males	11,29,82,075
Females	8,58,34,905
Literacy rate
Persons	74.04%
Males	82.7%
Females	65.1%
Urban Literacy rate
Persons	79.9%
Males	86.3%
Females	72.9%
Facts about States and U.T.
State with Highest Literacy Rate	Kerala (93.91%)
State with Highest Male Literacy Rate	Lakshadweep (96.11%)
State with Highest Female Literacy Rate	Kerala (91.98%
State with Lowest Literacy Rate	Bihar(63.82%)
State with Lowest Male Literacy Rate	Bihar (73.39%)
State with Lowest Female Literacy Rate	Rajasthan (52.66%)
UT With Highest Male Literacy Rate	Lakshadweep (96.11%)
UT with Highest Female Literacy Rate	Lakshadweep (88.25%)
UT with Lowest Literacy Rate	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (77.65%)
UT with Lowest Male Literacy Rate	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (89.46%)
UT with Lowest Female Literacy Rate	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (65.93%)
District with Highest Literacy Rate	Serchhip, Mizoram (98.76%)
District With Highest Male Literacy Rate	Serchhip, Mizoram and Mahe, Puducherry (99.24%)
District with Highest Female Literacy Rate	Serchhip, Mizoram (98.28%)
District with Lowest Literacy Rate	Bizapur, Chhattisgarh (41.58%)
District with Lowest Male Literacy Rate	Bizapur, Chhattisgarh (51.42%)
District with Lowest Female Literacy Rate	Bizapur, Chhattisgarh (31.56%)

 

 

Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes Population in India

Source: CENSUS 2001
Scheduled Castes	166,635,700 (16.2% of total Population)
Scheduled Tribes	84,326,240 (8.2% of total Population)
State with Highest proportion of scheduled Castes	Punjab (28.9%)
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Mizoram (0.03%)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Chandigarh (17.5%)
UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	D & N Haveli (1.9%)
District with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Koch-Bihar (50.1%)
District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Lawngtlai Mizoram (0.01%)
Districthighest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Mizoram (94.5%)
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Goa (0.04%)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Lakshadweep (94.5%)
UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	A & N Islands (8.3%)
District with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Sarchhip, Mizoram (98.1%)
District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes	Hathras, Uttar Pradesh (0.01%)

Religious Composition in India

Source: Census 2001
Religious composition	Population (%)
Hindus	82,75,78,868  (80.5%)
Muslims	13,81;88,240  (13.4%)
Christians	2,40,80,016  (2.3%)
Sikhs	1,92,15,730  (1.9%)
Buddhists	79,55,207  (0.8%)
Jains	42,25,053  (0.4%)
Other Religions & Persuasions	66,39,626  (0.6%)
Religion not stated	7,27,588  (0.1%)

Sex Ratio in India

Source: Census 2011
Sex Ratio
India	940
Rural	947
Urban	926
State with Highest Female Sex Ratio	Kerala (1,084)
State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio	Haryana (877)
UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio	Pondicherry (1,038)
UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio	Daman & Diu (618)
District with Highest Female Sex Ratio	Mahe, Puducherry (1,176)
District with Lowest Female Sex Raio	Daman, Daman, & Diu (591)