Census Data 2001 >> India at a glance

Area : Area of India : 3,287,240 Sq km.* Largest State Rajasthan 342,239 Sq km Smallest State Goa 3,702 Sq km Largest Union Territory Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8,249 Sq km Smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep 32 Sq km Largest District Kachchh (Gujarat) 45,652 Sq km Smallest District Mahe ( Pondicherry ) 9 Sq km * The area figure exclude 78,114 sq. km. under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km. Illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under the illegal occupation of China in Ladakh district. Administrative Divisions : No. of States 28 No. of Union Territories 7 No. of Districts 593 No. of Sub-districts 5,463 No. of CD Blocks 3,799 No. of Urban Agglomerations / Towns 4,378 No. of Urban Agglomerations 384 No. of Towns 5,161 No. of Inhabited Villages 593,731 No. of Uninhabited Villages 44,656 Population Density

Persons / Sq. Km India 325 State with Highest Population Density West Bengal 903 State with Lowest Population Density Arunachal Pradesh 13 UT with Highest Population Density Delhi 9,340 UT with Lowest Population Density Andaman & Nicobar Islands 43 District with Highest Population Density North East (Delhi) 29,468 District with Lowest Population Density Lahul & Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) 2

Population :

Persons 1,028,737,436 Males 532,223,090 Females 496,514,346 Highest / Lowest Population : State with Highest Population Uttar Pradesh 166,197,921 State with Lowest Population Sikkim 540,851 UT with Highest Population Delhi 13,850,507 UT with Lowest Population Lakshadweep 60,650 District with Highest Population Medinipur (West Bengal) 9,610,788 District with Lowest Population Yanam (Pondicherry) 31,394 Note: @ The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 for Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. India’s population without the estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 females) Note : - Includes estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul Sub-division of Senapati district of Manipur. Rural - Urban Distribution Population (%) Rural 742,490,639 72.2% Urban 286,119,689 27.8% State with highest proportion of Urban Population Goa 49.76 State with lowest proportion of Urban Population Himachal Pradesh 9.30 UT with highest proportion of Urban Population Delhi 93.18 UT with lowest proportion of Urban Population Dadra & Nagar Haveli 22.89

Age Groups	Persons	Males	Females
6 years and below	163,819,614	84,999,203	78,820,411
Proportion to total population (%)	15.9	16.0	15.9
7 to 14 years	199,791,198	104,488,119	95,303,079
Proportion to total population (%)	19.4	19.6	19.2
15 to 59 years	585,638,723	303,400,561	282,238,162
Proportion to total population (%)	56.9	57.0	56.9
60 years and above	76,622,321	37,768,327	38,853,994
Proportion to total population (%)	7.5	7.1	7.8
Age Not Stated	2,738,472	1,500,562	1,237,910
Proportion to total population (%)	0.3	0.3	0.3

Variation in population since 1901

Year Total Rural Urban 1901 238,396,327 212,544,454 25,851,873 1911 252,093,390 226,151,757 25,941,633 1921 251,321,213 223,235,043 28,086,170 1931 278,977,238 245,521,249 33,455,989 1941 318,660,580 274,507,283 44,153,297 1951 361,088,090 298,644,381 62,443,709 1961 439,234,771 360,298,168 78,936,603 1971 548,159,652 439,045,675 109,113,977 1981 683,329,097 523,866,550 159,462,547 1991 846,302,688 628,691,676 217,611,012 2001* 1,028,737,436 742,490,639 286,119,689 Note: * The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 for Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. India’s population without the estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 females) Number of Literates & Literacy Rate Persons Males Females Total No. of literates 560,687,797 336,533,716 224,154,081 Literacy rate 64.8% 75.3% 53.7% Rural No. of literates 361,870,817 223,551,641 138,319,176 Literacy rate 58.7% 70.7% 46.1% Urban No. of literates 198,816,980 112,982,075 85,834,905 Literacy rate 79.9% 86.3% 72.9% Persons (%) Males (%) Females (%) State with Highest Literacy Rate Kerala (90.9) Kerala (94.2) Kerala (87.7) State with Lowest Literacy Rate Bihar (47.0) Bihar (59.7) Bihar (33.1) UT with Highest Literacy Rate Lakshadweep (86.7) Lakshadweep (92.5) Lakshadweep (80.5) UT with Lowest Literacy Rate Dadra & Nagar Haveli (57.6) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (71.2) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (40.2) District with Highest Literacy Rate Aizwal, Mizoram (96.5) Mahe, Pondicherry (97.6) Aizwal, Mizoram (96.26) District with Lowest Literacy Rate Dantewada Chhattisgarh (30.17) Dantewada Chhattisgarh (39.75) Shrawasti UP (7.7) Number of Districts by Sex-wise Literacy Rate : Literacy Rate Males Females Up to 25.00 % -- 18 25.01 % to 50.00 % 22 243 50.01% to 75.00 % 244 287 Above 75 % 327 45 Total : 593 593

Work Participation Rate :

Total Workers Number Rate (%) Persons 402,234,724 39.1 Males 275,014,476 51.7 Females 127,220,248 25.6 Main Workers Persons 313,004,983 30.4 Males 240,147,813 45.1 Females 72,857,170 14.7 Marginal Workers Persons 89,229,741 8.7 Males 34,866,663 6.6 Females 54,363,078 11

Religious Composition			Population *	(%)
Hindus			827,578,868	80.5
Muslims			138,188,240	13.4
Christians			24,080,016	2.3
Sikhs			19,215,730	1.9
Buddhists			7,955,207	0.8
Jains			4,225,053	0.4
Other Religions & Persuasions			6,639,626	0.6
Religion not stated			727,588	0.1
Total *			1,028,610,328	100.0

Note : * Excludes figures of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul sub-districts of Senapati district of Manipur state.

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
Scheduled Castes :	166,635,700	16.2%
Scheduled Tribes :	84,326,240	8.2%

Scheduled Castes
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%)
Scheduled Tribes
State with highest 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%)