Dear readers, here we are presenting you Highlights
of Census 2011, as in SBI PO Exam some questions are asked recently from Census
2011 in 14 & 15 June in both shifts. So this will be helpful for those
candidates who are going to appear in coming week for SBI PO Exam.
The provisional figures of India’s largest Census
2011 were released in New Delhi on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary GK
Pillai and RGI C Chandramouli.
The 15th Census of India and the seventh Census of
Independent India-2011 was started on 1st April 2010 with President Pratibha
Patil being the first citizen to be enumerated, followed by Vice President
Hamid Ansari.
The estimated cost of the Census was 22 Billion
Rupees. The motto of census 2011 was 'Our Census, Our future'.
Census 2011 is the 15 Census of India since 1872.
Census 2011 was held in two phases:
i. Houselisting
& Housing Census : (April to September 2010)
ii. Population
Enumeration (9 th to 28 February 2011)
The population of the country as per the
provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 million of which 623.7 million
(51.54%) are males and 586.46 million (48.46%) are females.
The major highlights of the Census 2011
(Provisional figures) are as under:
i. The
population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade
2001-2011.
ii. Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country followed by Maharashtra with 112
million.
The percentage decadal growth rates of the six most
populous States have declined during 2001-2011 compared to 1991-2001:
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Five largest
Populous State of the Country
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1. Uttar
Pradesh
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19,95,81,477
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2. Maharashtra
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11,23,72,972
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3. Bihar
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10,38,04,637
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4. West Bengal
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9,13,47,736
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5. Andhra
Pradesh
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8,46,65,533
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Highest Populous
State - Uttar Pradesh
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Five least Populous
State of the Country
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1. Lakshadweep
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64,429
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2. Daman
& Diu
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2,42,911
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3. D & N Haveli
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3,42,853
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4. A & N islands
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3,79,944
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5. Sikkim
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6,07,688
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Least Populous UT -
Lakshadweep, Sikkim is the least populous state.
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Density of
Population (person per sq km)
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Density of Population in India
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382
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Highest Density in State
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Delhi (11297)
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Lowest Density in State
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Arunachal Pradesh (17)
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Sex Ratio (Females
per 1000 Males)
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Sex ratio in India
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940
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Child (0-6 years) sex ratio
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914
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Highest sex ratio in state
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Kerala (1084)
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Lowest sex ratio in UTs
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Daman & Diu (618)
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Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in state
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Mizoram (971)
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Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in state
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Haryana (830)
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Literacy Rate in
India
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Total Person Literacy Rate
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74%
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Males
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82.14%
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Females
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65.46%
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Highest Literacy Rate in state
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Kerala - 93.11%,
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Lowest Literacy Rate in state
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Bihar -
63.82%.
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Note: i. This
is the highest sex ratio recorded since Census 1971 and a shade lower than
1961. Increase in sex ratio is observed in 29 States/UTs.
ii. Literacy
rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 showing
an increase of 9.21 percentage points.
iii. Uttar
Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most populous State in the country –
population is more than the population of Brazil.
