Historical&AdministrativeFacts

 Firstnon-synchronousCensusinIndia:Conductedin1872underLord
Mayo.
 Firstsynchronous(regular)CensusinIndia:Conductedin 1881under
LordRipon.
 The2011Censusedition:Itwasthe15thCensusofIndiasince1872and
the7thCensusafterIndependence.
 NodalMinistryforCensus:MinistryofHomeAffairs(MHA).
 DesignationofthetopmostofficerconductingCensus:Registrar
GeneralandCensusCommissionerofIndia.
 CensusCommissionerduringthe2011Census:[Link].
 OfficialMottoofCensus2011:"OurCensus,OurFuture".
 The"YearofGreatDivide"inIndianDemography:1921(duetoa
uniquenegativepopulationgrowthrateof-0.31\%).
Population&GrowthMetrics
 TotalpopulationofIndia(Census2011):121.08crore(representing
\approx17.5\%oftheworld's population).
 Mostpopulousstate:UttarPradesh(\approx20crore).
 Leastpopulousstate:Sikkim(\approx6.1lakh).
 MostpopulousUnionTerritory:Delhi.
 LeastpopulousUnionTerritory:Lakshadweep.
 DecadalPopulationGrowthRateofIndia(2001– 2011):17.7\%.
 Statewiththehighestdecadalgrowthrate:Meghalaya(27.9\%).
 Onlystatetorecordanegativedecadalgrowthrate:Nagaland
(-0.58\%).
PopulationDensity(Personsperkm^2)
 AveragepopulationdensityofIndia:382persons/km^2.
 Statewiththehighestpopulationdensity:Bihar(1,106
persons/km^2).
 Statewiththelowestpopulationdensity:ArunachalPradesh(17
persons/km^2).
 UnionTerritorywiththehighestpopulationdensity:Delhi(11,320
persons/km^2).
 UnionTerritorywiththelowestpopulation
density:Andaman&NicobarIslands(46persons/km^2).
♀ SexRatio(Femalesper1,000Males)
  OveralladultsexratioofIndia:943.
 Statewiththehighestsexratio:Kerala(1,084).
 Statewiththelowestsexratio:Haryana(879).
 UnionTerritorywiththehighestsexratio:Puducherry(1,037).
 UnionTerritorywiththelowestsexratio:DamanandDiu(618).
 NationalChildSexRatio(0– 6agegroup):919
.
 Statewiththehighestchildsexratio:ArunachalPradesh(972).
 Statewiththelowestchildsexratio:Haryana(834).
LiteracyRates(Age7andabove)
 OverallliteracyrateofIndia:74.04\%.
 Maleliteracyrate:82.14\%|Femaleliteracyrate:65.46\%.
 Statewiththehighestliteracyrate:Kerala(94.00\%).
 Statewiththelowestliteracyrate:Bihar(61.80\%).
 UnionTerritorywiththehighestliteracyrate:Lakshadweep
(91.85\%).
 UnionTerritorywiththelowestliteracyrate:DadraandNagarHaveli
(76.24\%).
[Link]&SC/STDistribution
 [Link].84\%Ruraland31.16\%
Urban.
 Statewiththehighestpercentageofurbanpopulation:Goa(62.2\%).
 Statewiththehighestabsoluteruralpopulation:UttarPradesh.
 StatewiththehighestpercentageofScheduledCaste(SC)
population:Punjab(31.9\%).
 StatewiththehighestabsoluteSCpopulation:UttarPradesh.
 States/UTswithNOScheduledCaste(SC)population:Nagaland,
Lakshadweep,andAndaman&NicobarIslands.
 StatewiththehighestpercentageofScheduledTribe(ST)
population:Mizoram(94.4\%).
 UnionTerritorywiththehighestpercentageofST
population:Lakshadweep(94.8\%).
StateswithNOScheduledTribe(ST)population:PunjabandHaryana.
[Link](ExtremeEnds)
 HighestDensity:1stBihar(1,106)\rightarrow2ndWestBengal(1,028)
\rightarrow3rdKerala(860)
 LowestDensity:1stArunachalPradesh(17)\rightarrow2ndMizoram
 (52)\rightarrow3rdSikkim(86)
[Link]
 HighestPopulation:1stUttarPradesh\rightarrow2ndMaharashtra
\rightarrow3rdBihar
 LowestPopulation:1stSikkim\rightarrow2ndMizoram\rightarrow3rd
ArunachalPradesh
[Link]
 HighestLiteracy:1stKerala (94.0\%)\rightarrow2ndMizoram
(91.3\%)\rightarrow3rdGoa(88.7\%)
 LowestLiteracy:1stBihar(61.8\%)\rightarrow2ndArunachalPradesh
(65.4\%)\rightarrow3rdRajasthan(66.1\%)
[Link]
Thisdataisagoldmineformulti-statementorunexpectedMCQs:
 OverallReligiousBreakdown:*Hindus:79.8\%
o Muslims:14.2\%
o Christians:2.3\%
o Sikhs:1.7\%
o Buddhists:0.7\%
o Jains:0.4\%
 HighestSexRatiobyReligion:Christianshavethehighestsexratio
(1,023),followedbySikhs(903).
 HighestLiteracyRatebyReligion:Jainshavethehighestliteracyrate
(\approx94.9\%).
[Link]-YieldWorkingPopulationFacts
 DefinitionofMainWorker:Apersonwhoworksforatleast183days(or
6months)in ayear.
 DefinitionofMarginalWorker:Apersonwhoworksforlessthan183
daysinayear.
 WorkParticipationRate:Outofthetotalpopulation,only39.8\%are
classifiedasworkers(leavingover60\%asnon-workers/dependents).
[Link]-LevelRecords(DirectHits)
 Whentheexaminerwantstosetatrulydifficultquestion,theydropdownfrom
thestateleveltothespecificdistrictlevel:
 MostPopulousDistrictinIndia:Thane(Maharashtra).
 LeastPopulousDistrictinIndia:DibangValley(ArunachalPradesh).
 DistrictwiththeHighestGrowthRate:KurungKumey(Arunachal
Pradesh)withamassive+111\%growth.
 DistrictwiththeHighestSexRatio:Mahe(Puducherry)with1,184
femalesper1,000males.
 DistrictwiththeHighestLiteracyRate:Serchhip(Mizoram)at
98.23\%.
[Link]
Whilethenationalliteracygapbetweenmalesandfemalessitsatroughly
16.68\%,thestatewiththehighestgapbetweenmaleandfemaleliteracyis
Rajasthan(wheremale literacyishighbutfemaleliteracydropssignificantly).