GK Question: Census 2011
1. A total of 27 lakh officials
were involved in this exercise
2. C. Chandramauli
was the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India for the 2011 Indian Census.
3. Census 2011 was the 15th Census of India since
1872
4. Reference date was 0.00 hrs of 1st March 2011
5. The census covered 640 districts, 5,767
tehsils, 7,933 towns and more
than 6 lakh villages
6. The cost of the exercise was approximately 2,200
crore
7. The motto of census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our
future’
8. Population
as per Census 2011: 1.21 Billion
9. Average Life Expectancy at birth according to 2011
estimates: 66.8 years
10. Birth Rate for year 2011: 20.97 per 1000
11. Death Rate for year 2011: 7.48 per 1000
12. India is the second most populous country in the
world after China
13. India represents 17.31% of the total population of the world
14. More than half the population of India is under
the age of 25 years
15. The population of India as on 1st March 2011,
stood at 1.21 Billion
having registered a growth of 17.64% over Census
2001 figure
16. Among all States and UTs, Delhi has the highest
density with 11297 persons/sq.km and
Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest density
with 17 persons/sq.km
17. Population Density is defined as the number of
persons per sq. Km
18. The density of population in most states of India has
increased in the last census decade due to the
increasing population and a constant area of
different states
19. The population density of India for 2011 was 382
per sq. Km
20. Sex
Ratio as per Census 2011: 943 females per 1000 males
21. Sex Ratio is defined as number of females per 1000 males
22. Sex Ratio in India is negative
23. Among all States and UTs, only Kerala (1084
females per 1000 males) and Puducherry (1037
females per 1000 males) have positive ratio
24. Daman and Diu (618 females per 1000 males) has
the most negative sex ratio among all States and UTs.
Haryana (879 females per 1000 males) has the most
negative sex ratio among all States
25. Tamil Nadu (996 females per 1000 males) has the
most even sex ratio
26. Child sex ratio (0-6 age group): 918 female per 1000 males
27. As per Census 2011, literacy rate of India is 73%
28. Bihar has recorded lowest literacy rates both in
case of males (71.2%) and females (51.5%)
29. For the purpose of Census 2011, a person aged
seven and above, who can both read and write
with understanding in any language, is treated
as literate
30. Kerala also occupies the top spot in male
literacy (96.1%) and female literacy (92.1%)
31. Kerala retained its position by being on top with 94%
literacy rate.
32. The lowest literacy rate is in Bihar – 61.8%
33. For the first time since
independence, the absolute
increase in population is more in urban areas
than in rural areas
34. Proportion of Urban Population
increased from 27.81% in Census
2001 to 31.14% in Census 2011
35. Proportion of Rural population decreased from 72.19% in
Census 2001 to 68.86% in Census 2011
Average
annual growth rate (1.64 %)
Top 3
State:
1. Meghalaya(2.49 %)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (2.3%)
3.Bihar (2.26%)
Bottom 3
State:
1.Goa
2. Andhra Pradesh (1.07%)
3. Sikkim (1.17%)
Population
Density(382)
Top 3 State:
1.Bihar (1,106 per sq km)
2. West Bengal (1030 per sq km)
3.Kerala ( 859 per sq km)
Bottom 3
State:
1. Arunachal Pradesh (17 per sq km)
2. Mizoram (52 per sq km)
3.J&K (56 per sq km)
Decadal
growth rate(17.60%)
Top 3
State:
1. Meghalaya (27.8 %)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (25.9%)
3. Bihar (25.1%)
Bottom 3
State:
1. Nagaland ( - 0.5 %)
2. Kerala (4.9%)
3.Goa (8.2 %)
Nagaland is only the state that
has negative growth rate.
Population:
Total - 1210.19 million
Males - 623.7 million (51.54%)
Females - 586.46 million (48.46%)
Rural population – 833 million
Urban population - 377 million
Top 3 State:
1. Uttar Pradesh (19.9 million , 16.5% )
2.Maharashtra (11 million -9.28%)
3. Bihar (10 million - 8.6%)
Bottom 3
State:
1. Sikkim (6.07 lakh - 0.05%)
2. Mizoram (10.9 lakh - 0.09%),
3.Arunachal Pradesh (13.8 lakh - 0.11%)
Sex
ratio(940)
Top 3 State
1. Kerala (1084)
2. Tamil Nadu (996)
3. Andhra Pradesh (993)
Bottom
3 State:
1. Haryana (879)
2. Jammu and Kashmir (889)
3. Sikkim (890
Literacy
Rate:
Overall -74%
Male – 82.14%
Female - 65.46
Top 3
State(Overall):
1. Kerala (93.9%)
2. Mizoram (91.6%)
3.Tripura (87.8%)
Top 3
State(Male):
1. Kerala (96%)
2. Mizoram (93.7%)
3.Goa (92.8%)
Top 3
State(Female):
1. Kerala (92%)
2. Mizoram (89.4%)
3. Tripura (83.1%)
Botton 3
State(Overall):
1. Bihar (63.80%)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (67%)
3.Rajasthan (67.11%)
Botton 3
State(Male):
1. Bihar (73.5%),
2. Arunachal Pradesh (73.7%),
3. Andhra Pradesh(75.6%)
Botton 3
State(Female):
1. Rajasthan (52.7%)
2. Bihar (53.3%)
3. Jammu and Kashmir (58%)
Child sex
ratio (Age group of 0-6) - 914
Top 3
State:
1. Mizoram (971 )
2. Meghalaya (970)
3. Chattisgarh (964)
Bottom 3
State:
1. Haryana (830),
2.Punjab (846)
3. J&K (859)
The
proportion of child population in the age group 0-6 (13.10%)
Top 3
State:
1. Meghalaya (18.8 %)
2. Bihar (17.9%)
3. J&K (16 %)
Bottom 3
State:
1. Tamil Nadu (9.6 %)
2. Goa (9.6 %)
3. Kerala (10 %)
Major
Religions:
Hindu 96.63 crore (79.8 %): 28 State Majority
Muslim 17.22crore (14.2%): 4 State Majority
Christian 2.78 crore (2.3%): 2 State Majority
Sikh 2.08 crore (1.7%):
1 State Majority
Buddhist 0.84 crore (0.7%)
Jain 0.45 crore (0.4%)
Major
language:
Hindi (40%)
Bengali (8%)
Telugu (7.8%)
State
(Area):
Top 3
State:
1. Rajasthan (3.42 Lakh km2)
2. M.P. (3.08Lakh km2)
3. Maharashtra (3.07 Lakh km2)
Bottom 3
State:
1. Goa (3702 km2)
2. Sikkim (7096 km2)
3. Tripura (10,486 km2)
Percentage
of Population Below Poverty Line
(Tendulkar
Methodology) is 29.8%
(2011-12)
Top 3
State:
1. Bihar
2. Chattisgarh
3. Manipur
Bottom 3
State:
1. Goa,
2. J&K
3. Himachal Pradesh
Age
structure
Adolescent (36.5 %)
Adult (56.7%)
Old (6.8 %)
Tribe
550 tribes (8.2% of the total Population of India
(10 Million population)
Top 3
State:
1. MP (1.5million)
2.Maharashtra (1.0 million)
3. Gujrat (.89 million) Tribal
Bottom 3 State:
1.Punjab (zero)
2. Haryana (zero)
3. Goa (32,000)